ACTS 16:17 u`mi/n {B} The second person plural pronoun, which is more appropriate to the context, is supported by weighty evidence....
Verse Acts 16:17. _THESE MEN ARE THE SERVANTS_, c.] It is astonishing how such a testimony could be given in such a case every syllable of it _true_, and at the same time full, clear, and distinct. Bu...
THE SAME FOLLOWED PAUL ... - Why she did this, or under what presence, the sacred writer has not informed us. It may have been: * That as she prophesied for gain, she supposed that Paul and Silas wo...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. In Derbe and Lystra again. Timotheus (Acts 16:1)._ 2. The Preaching forbidden in Asia (Acts 16:6). 3. The Vision of the Man from Macedonia (Acts 16:9). 4. The Gospel in Europe ...
EXORCISM OF A POSSESSED GIRL. The walk to the place of prayer is made frequently, and the party comes to be known. A girl who carried on a trade in the fortune-telling of these days notes them; a girl...
When we were on our way to the place of prayer.. it happened that a certain slave-girl who had a spirit which made her able to give oracles met us. By her soothsaying she provided much gain for her ow...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
THE SAME. This one. FOLLOWED... AND. following persistently. Greek. _katakoloutheo._ Only here and Luke 23:55. CRIED. kept crying, i.e. the demon in her. Compare Matthew 8:29; Luke 4:33. MEN. Greek....
_followed Paul and us, and cried_ Whatever the nature of the mental and spiritual malady under which this damsel suffered, it produced on her the like effect which is recorded of evil spirits in the h...
PREACHING ON THE SABBATH AT PHILIPPI. CONVERSION AND BAPTISM OF LYDIA. A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT BY ST PAUL. ANGER OF THOSE WHO MADE GAIN THEREBY. PAUL AND SILAS ARE SEIZED, BROUGHT BEFORE THE A...
ὙΜΙ͂Ν before ὉΔῸΝ with אBDE. _Vulg_. ‘vobis.’ 17. ΚΑΤΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΥ͂ΣΑ ΤΩ͂Ι ΠΑΎΛΩΙ ΚΑῚ ἩΜΙ͂Ν, _following Paul and us_. Whatever may have been the nature of the mental and spiritual malady under which this...
_THE CONVERSION OF THE JAILER IN PHILIPPI ACTS 16:16-40:_ At a place of prayer in Philippi Paul and Silas came across a girl that had a spirit of divination. Her masters made a lot of money from her p...
ΚΑΤΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΟΎΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΑΤΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G2628) следовать за чемл., с _dat._ Предл. сочетание означает "еледовать по пятам за кем-л." (МН, 316). Причинное или _temp. part._ ΈΚΡΑΖΕΝ _impf. i...
DISCOURSE: 1786 A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT Acts 16:16. And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gai...
AT PHILLIPPI. Acts 16:12-40 a. A description of Philippi. Acts 16:12. Acts 16:12 and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in...
See notes on verse 16...
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. THE SAME FOLLOWED PAUL AND US, AND CRIED, SAYING, THESE M...
40 Silas was almost necessary as a companion for Paul. The decrees provided that they should be delivered by both Barnabas and Paul, while Judas and Silas were to confirm them by word of mouth. Now th...
Journey into Europe, Philippi. 6. RV 'And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden of the Holy Ghost to speak the word in Asia.' At Lystra (Acts 16:6) they received a...
ST. PAUL IN EUROPE 1. Timotheus] was probably of Lystra, not Derbe. His mother Eunice was perhaps a widow, and she, together with his grandmother Lois, educated the lad in the religion of Israel, tho...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 TIMOTHY WORKS WITH PAUL AND SILAS, 16:1-5 V1 Paul went to Derbe and then he went to Lystra. A *Christian called Timothy lived there. Timothy...
THE SAME FOLLOWED PAUL AND US, AND CRIED, SAYING. — Better, _kept on crying._ Assuming that the case now before us presented phenomena analogous to those of the cases of demoniac possession, we may re...
κατακολουθήσασα, but if we follow R.V. the present participle denotes that she continuously followed after (κατά), and kept crying (ἔκραζε). The verb is only used by St. Luke in N.T., _cf._ Luke 23:35...
WELCOMED; ATTESTED; IMPRISONED Acts 16:14 This was an epoch-making moment, but how quietly it is recorded. There was no heralding of the gospel which was to transform Europe. The need for it was uns...
Here begins the account of Pads second journey. At Lystra he found Timothy. His action in the circumcision of Timothy is startling in view of the recent decision of the council. Some charge him with i...
Paul and Silas Imprisoned Luke reported that the group went for prayer, possibly daily. A slave girl who was demon possessed followed them crying out, "These men are the servants of the Most High God,...
_These men are the servants of the most high God. Evil spirits in possessed people, are sometimes forced to tell the truth. (Witham)_...
A fortune-telling female slave, who brought much money to her owners by her Satanic incantations, continues to follow these evangelists day by day, incessantly crying after them, _“These men are serva...
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: (17) The same followed Paul and us, and cr...
We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
There is perhaps no example of this more remarkable than that which Paul does with regard to Timothy. He uses circumcision in all liberty to set aside Jewish prejudice. It is very doubtful whether, ac...
THE SAME FOLLOWED PAUL AND US,.... Silas, Luke, and Timothy; the Arabic version reads, "the same followed Paul and Silas"; as they were going to the oratory: AND CRIED, SAYING, THESE MEN ARE THE SERV...
_The same followed Paul and us_ Luke, Silas, and Timothy; _and cried, saying_ With great earnestness of voice and gesture; _These men are the servants of the most high God_, &c. A great truth: but the...
THE SAME FOLLOWED PAUL AND US AND CRIED, SAYING, THESE MEN ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, WHICH SHOW UNTO US THE WAY OF SALVATION....
The encounter with the spirit of divination:...
Coming to Derbe and Lystra, where he and Barnabas had been persecuted before, Paul was favorably impressed with the young man, Timothy, who had evidently been converted through Paul on his first visit...
THIS GIRL FOLLOWED PAUL AND US, AND CRIED OUT, SAYING, " THESE MEN ARE THE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, WHO PROCLAIM TO US THE WAY OF SALVATION. " 1. She followed Paul - and us (showing Luke was pr...
"The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation"These men are servants of the Most High God" In like ma...
16-24 Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false p...
The devil might be forced by God to confess this; or, he might do it voluntarily by God's permission: First, To draw men on to believe him in other things, being he commended the servants of God, and...
Acts 16:17 girl G3778 followed G2628 (G5660) Paul G3972 and G2532 us G2254 out G2896 (G5707) saying...
THE MISSION TO EUROPE (16:6-19:20). Paul's plans now seemed to begin to go awry. All doors seemed to be closing to him as in one way or another he was first hindered from going one way, and then anoth...
MINISTRY IN PHILIPPI FROM THE HOUSE OF LYDIA (16:12B-40). The arrival in Europe was clearly seen by Luke as very important. He illustrates the successful ministry there by a threefold description of P...
THE HEALING OF THE GIRL POSSESSED WITH THE PYTHON SPIRIT (16:16-18). But Paul could not land in Europe in the power of the Holy Spirit without expecting opposition. Following Luke's usual necessary p...
‘The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” ' The spirit within this woman recognised in the Pauli...
Acts 16:17. AND CRIED, SAYING, THESE MEN ARE SERVANTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. This testimony on the part of the evil spirit which possessed the unhappy slave-girl to the work and power of Christ and His...
THE MOST HIGH GOD (του θεου του υψιστου). Pagan inscriptions use this language for the Supreme Being. It looks like supernatural testimony like that borne by the demoniacs to Jesus as "son of the Mo...
MOST HIGH GOD (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _ This marks the "spirit", (Acts 16:18); as being a demon. SALVATION See note, (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
Acts 16:9. _And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us._ Our dreams often follow the leading thoughts of...
CONTENTS: Paul finds Timothy. Paul's Macedonian vision. The first convert in Europe. Demons cast out of a damsel. Paul and Silas beaten. Conversion of the Philippian jailer. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
Acts 16:1. _Then came he to Lystra,_ as in Acts 14:6. In their former labours in that city, Lois a jewess, her daughter Eunice, and Timothy her son, had embraced the faith. Now, they found Timothy gro...
WE WERE MET BY A SLAVE GIRL. She was possessed by a demon, who gave her supernatural abilities. THESE MEN ARE SERVANTS. The demon knew who they were (James 2:19). Compare Mark 3:12; Luke 4:34-35. IN T...
_These men are servants of the Most High God and show to us the way of salvation._ THE CONFESSION OF THE GIRL What a strange thing have we here! the devil preaching the gospel; at least confirming th...
_A certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination._ THE PYTHONESS The words, literally, are as in the margin, a spirit of Python, or, as some MSS. give it, a Python spirit. The Python was the s...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in which Paul witnessed. ⇐ ⇔...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:16. A CERTAIN DAMSEL POSSESSED WITH A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION.—Better, _a female slave_ (Galatians 4:22) _having the spirit of a pythoness_, or, according to superior authoriti...
EXPOSITION ACTS 16:1 _And he came also _for _then came he, _A.V._ _and T.R.; _to Lystra _for _Lystra, _A.V._; Timothy _for _Timotheus, _A.V._; of a Jewess _for _of a certain woman which was a Jewess,...
We remember at the end of our study last week there arose a contention between Paul and Barnabas who had been close companions on the first missionary venture of the church. But because Barnabas was i...
1 Peter 2:16; Acts 19:13; Acts 16:30; Acts 16:31; Acts 18:26;...
These men are — A great truth: but St. Paul did not need, nor would accept, of such testimony....