Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 16:19
The magistrates — The supreme magistrates of the city. In the next verse they are called by a title which often signifies pretors. These officers exercised both the military and civil authority.
The magistrates — The supreme magistrates of the city. In the next verse they are called by a title which often signifies pretors. These officers exercised both the military and civil authority.
Verse Acts 16:19. _WHEN HER MASTERS SAW_] It appears she was maintained by some men, who received a certain pay from every person whose _fortune she told_, or to whom she made any _discovery_ of _stol...
THE HOPE OF THEIR GAINS WAS GONE - It was this that troubled and enraged them. Instead of regarding the act as proof of divine power, they were intent only on their profits. Their indignation furnishe...
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 ...
IMPRISONMENT OF PAUL AND SILAS. THE PRISON BROKEN. The rulers (Acts 16:19) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called _Strategi, which_ answers to the Roman _Prœ tores._ Philippi was a colony...
A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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...
WAS GONE. came out. Same word as in Acts 16:18. Perhaps the demon rent and tore her in coming out, as in Mark 9:26; Luke 9:42. CAUGHT. laid hold on. DREW. dragged. Greek. _helkuo._ Compare...
_that the hope of their gains was gone_ The verb is exactly the same as in the last clause of the previous verse. When the evil spirit _came out_, there _came out_also the chance of more gain. What th...
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...
ὍΤΙ ἘΞΗ͂ΛΘΕΝ Ἡ ἘΛΠῚΣ ΤΗ͂Σ ἘΡΓΑΣΊΑΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν, _that the hope of their gain was gone_. The verb ἐξῆλθεν is the same word which was used of the spirit coming out of the damsel. We cannot produce the same...
_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...
ΊΔΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΚΎΡΙΟΙ _nom. pl._ от ΚΎΡΙΟΣ (G2962) господин, владелец. Вероятно, владельцами девушки были ветераны Рима, римские граждане, ушедшие с военной...
UNTO THE RULERS,— The word στρατηγοι, made use of in the 20th verse, denotes with the Greeks _Roman_ praetors; and if it was applied to the _Duumviri,_ who were the governors of colonies, it was by wa...
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...
19-21. (19) "_Then her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market-place to the rulers,_ (20) _and leading him forward to the magistrat...
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, AND WHEN HER MASTERS SAW THAT THE HOPE OF THEIR GAIN...
19 This is the first occasion in which the evangel comes into conflict with the religion of the nations and with the spirit powers back of it. Hitherto the Jews and Judaism opposed the evangel. At Lys...
16:19 gone, (b-12) Or 'gone out,' referring to the spirit....
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...
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...
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...
THAT THE HOPE OF THEIR GAINS WAS GONE. — Better, _of their occupation._ The word for “gains” is the same as that translated “gain” and “craft” in Acts 19:24. There is something like a prophetic signif...
ὅτι ἐξ. ἡ ἐλπὶς κ. τ. λ.: “The most sensitive part of ‘civilised' man is his pocket,” Ramsay, _St. Paul_, p. 237, and we can see how bitter was the hostility excited both here and at Ephesus when the...
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,...
(11) And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the marketplace unto the rulers, (11) Covetousness of evil gain and of profit is...
After the demon has evacuated the damsel, she has no more power to tell fortunes and practice divination than any other person. Consequently, her owners, seeing that they can get no more money for her...
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, (20) And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These...
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...
− 19._But when her masters. _The same devil who of late did flatter Paul by the mouth of the maid, doth now drive her masters into fury, that they may put him to death; so that, having changed his coa...
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 WHEN HER MASTERS SAW,.... As they might by her sedateness and composure; she not being wild and frantic, and not having such motions and agitations she had whilst under the possession of the evil...
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew _them_ into the marketplace unto the rulers, Ver. 19. _Their gains were gone_] εξηλθεν, was gone f...
_And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone_ Was vanished with the evil spirit that was cast out. See here of how much evil the love of money is the root! If the preaching of the g...
HOPE OF THEIR GAINS; the hope of making any more money in that wicked way. Under the influence of Satan, persons may pretend to foretell future events, and to exercise supernatural power; but when Chr...
AND WHEN HER MASTERS SAW THAT THE HOPE OF THEIR GAINS WAS GONE, THEY CAUGHT PAUL AND SILAS, AND DREW THEM INTO THE MARKETPLACE UNTO THE RULERS,...
Paul and Silas imprisoned:...
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...
BUT WHEN HER MASTERS SAW THAT THEIR HOPE OF PROFIT WAS GONE, THEY SEIZED PAUL AND SILAS AND DRAGGED _THEM_ INTO THE MARKETPLACE TO THE AUTHORITIES. 1. The owners of this slave girl saw their gravy tr...
MARKETPLACE: Or, court...
"But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers"Saw that the hope of their gain was gone" Whic...
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...
HER MASTERS; for she was a servant, or slave; and being very advantageous, might have many that had a share in her. THEIR GAINS; the profit could not but be considerable, for they were to come with _t...
19-21. (19) "_ Then her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market-place to the rulers,_ (20) _and leading him forward to the magistra...
Acts 16:19 But G1161 her G846 masters G2962 saw G1492 (G5631) that G3754 their G846 hope G1680 profit...
ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT LEAD TO ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH IN PHILIPPI (16:19-34). But the problem was that what he had done would hit at men's pockets. They did not care about the girl herself, they had...
‘But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers,' Her masters, who were no doubt already wealt...
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 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...
Acts 16:19. AND WHEN HER MASTERS SAW THAT THE HOPE OF THEIR GAINS WAS GONE. It was simply revenge that prompted these covetous men to procure the apostles arrest. When the evil spirit had once been ex...
WAS GONE (εξηλθεν). Was gone out of the slave girl, second aorist active indicative of εξερχομα. "The two most important social revolutions worked by Christianity have been the elevation of woman a...
DREW (Greek, "helkuō" / "helkō", means, probably "by the feet"). Compare (Acts 14:19)....
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...
THEY GRABBED PAUL AND SILAS. Nothing angers men more than seeing their greed defeated. THESE MEN ARE JEWS. That fact alone would incriminate them. Compare Acts 18:2_ and note._ TORE THE CLOTHES OFF. I...
_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...
_And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone._ APOSTOLIC DUTY AND VICISSITUDES I. Christ’s servants will use whatever power they possess to set the slaves of Satan free. Paul did n...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:19 THEIR HOPE OF GAIN WAS GONE. Throughout Acts 1:1, greed often works against the gospel ...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in which Paul witnessed. ⇐ ⇔...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 16:19. THE RULERS, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates (Luke 12:58). Acts 16:20. The MAGISTRATES, στρατηγοί, were the two chief civic authorities (dunmviri) in a Roman colony...
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 Timothy 6:10; 2 Corinthians 6:5; Acts 14:19; Acts 14:5; Acts 15:26;...
Was gone [ε ξ η λ θ ε ν]. Went out with the evil spirit....