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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 gain by soothsaying;
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;
ACTS 16:16 pu,qwna The more difficult reading appears to be pu,qwna (î74 a A B C* D* 81 326 1837 vg arm), which has been replaced in some manuscripts (î45 C3 D2 E H L P most m...
Verse Acts 16:16. _AS WE WENT TO PRAYER_] εις προσευχην, _Into the_ _proseucha_: Acts 16:13, and Luke 6:12. The article, την, is added here by ABCE, several others, _Origen_ and _Theophylact_: thus m...
AS WE WENT TO PRAYER - Greek: as we were going to the proseuche, ‘the place of prayer, Acts 16:13. Whether this was on the same day in which the conversion of Lydia occurred, or at another time, is no...
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)...
DAMSEL. Greek. _paidiske._ See note on Acts 12:13. read "a spirit,. Python". The Python was. serpent destroyed, according to Greek Mythology, by Apollo, who was hence called Pythius, and the priestess...
_as we went to prayer_ Better, AS WE WERE GOING TO THE PLACE OF PRAYER, see on Acts 16:13. For though the Greek noun here is without the article it is clearly to be rendered as in the previous verse....
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...
ΠΝΕΥ͂ΜΑ ΠΎΘΩΝΑ with אABCD. _Vulg_. ‘spiritum pythonem.’ 16. ΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩΝ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΉΝ, _as we were going to the place of prayer_ (see on Acts 16:13). This verse must refer to a different occ...
_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...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) случаться, становиться. Об этом обороте _см._ Beyer, 45f. ΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (temp.), см._ Acts 16:7. _Gen. abs._ ΠΑΙΔΊΣΚΗ (G3814) рабы...
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...
AS WE WENT TO PRAYER,— Or, _To the oratory._ The manner in which St. Luke relates this history,plainly implies that he considered it as a real possession, and that St. Paul himself considered it in th...
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...
16-18. We are next introduced to an incident which led to a decided change in the fortunes of Paul and Silas. (16) "_And it came to pass, as we were going to prayer, there met us a certain female serv...
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: AND IT CAME TO PASS, AND WE WENT TO PRA...
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...
AS WE WENT TO PRAYER. — Better, perhaps, _to the oratory,_ or _place of prayer._ (See Note on Acts 16:13.) It should be stated, however, that the Greek noun is used without the article, and that this...
If we add the article τὴν, see critical note: “to the place of prayer,” R.V. πνεῦμα Πυθῶνος : in R.V., accusative, see critical note, “a spirit, a Python,” margin, _i.e._, a ventriloquist (Ramsay). Th...
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,...
(10) And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of (f) divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: (10) Satan transforms himself in...
A pythonical spirit. A spirit pretending to divination, to tell secrets, and things to come. See 2 Kings xxviii; Isaias viii. 19. (Witham) --- A divining spirit, which pretended to foretell things to...
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...
− 16.Luke prosecuteth the increase of the Church; for though he do not straightway in a word express that thing, yet is it easily gathered out of the text, that many were brought into the faith, or at...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS AS WE WENT TO PRAYER,.... That is, to the house of prayer, or to the oratory, as they were in the way to it; for this is not to be understood of their just going to the act, or dut...
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: Ver. 16. _Possessed with a spirit, &c._]...
_As we went to prayer_ Or to the place of prayer, mentioned before; _a certain damsel met us_ (that is, met Paul and his three companions) _possessed with a spirit of divination_ Greek, εχουσαν πνευμα...
TO PRAYER; the place of prayer. SPIRIT OF DIVINATION; an evil spirit, under the influence of which she professed to divine, that is to reveal things beyond the reach of human knowledge. SOOTHSAYING;...
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...
NOW IT HAPPENED, AS WE WENT TO PRAYER, THAT A CERTAIN SLAVE GIRL POSSESSED WITH A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION MET US, WHO BROUGHT HER MASTERS MUCH PROFIT BY FORTUNE-TELLING. 1. As WE went to prayer - This i...
OF DIVINATION: Or, of Python...
"And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that. certain maid having. spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying"Going to the place of prayer" Ac...
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...
WENT TO PRAYER; went towards the place where their public prayers were usually made. OF DIVINATION; or, of Python, the name of Apollo, from the place where he was worshipped, (which was afterwards cal...
16-18. We are next introduced to an incident which led to a decided change in the fortunes of Paul and Silas. (16) "_ And it came to pass, as we were going to prayer, there met us a certain female ser...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I It appears probable enough that this man possesses a demon as his familiar spirit, by means of whom he seems able to prophesy,[163] Tertullian De Spectaculis accord...
Acts 16:16 Now G1161 happened G1096 (G5633) we G2257 went G4198 (G5740) to G1519 prayer G4335 certain...
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...
‘And it came about that, as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by the giving of oracles.' We may assume here t...
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...
Acts 16:16. AS WE WENT TO PRAYER. This should be rendered as in above verse, ‘to the place of prayer.' A CERTAIN DAMSEL POSSESSED WITH A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION MET US. This was a female slave possessed...
A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION (πνευμα πυθωνα). So the correct text with accusative (apparition, a spirit, a python), not the genitive (πυθωνος). Hesychius defines it as δαιμονιον μανικον (a spirit of divin...
SPIRIT (Greek, "pneuma", "a Python")....
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...
_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 16:16 A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION. A demonic spirit who gave information to the slave girl so that she could tell people secrets about their lives. FORTUNE-TELLING was forbidden in the OT...
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 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 28:7; 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Peter 2:3;...
Damsel. See on ch. Acts 12:13. Spirit of divination [π ν ε υ μ α π υ θ ω ν α]. Lit., a spirit, a Python. Python, in the Greek mythology, was the serpent which guarded Delphi. According to the legend,...
AS WE WENT TO PRAYER,. DAMSEL POSSESSED MET US. That is, As the apostles went towards the forementioned place of prayer,. damsel possessed with the devil, by whose inspiration she foretold future thin...