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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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A SON IN THE FAITH (Acts 16:1-5)...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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16:19 gone, (b-12) Or 'gone out,' referring to the spirit....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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Paul and Silas imprisoned:...
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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...
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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...
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MARKETPLACE:
Or, court...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 16:19 But G1161 her G846 masters G2962 saw G1492 (G5631) that
G3754 their G846 hope G1680 profit...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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DREW
(Greek, "helkuō" / "helkō", means, probably "by the feet").
Compare (Acts 14:19)....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:19 THEIR HOPE OF GAIN WAS GONE. Throughout Acts
1:1, greed often works against the gospel ...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 16:11 Philippi was the first Macedonian city in
which Paul witnessed.
⇐ ⇔...
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_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...
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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,...
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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...
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1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Corinthians 6:5; Acts 14:19; Acts 14:5; Acts 15:26;...
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Was gone [ε ξ η λ θ ε ν]. Went out with the evil spirit....
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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....