 | 1804 - 476 pages
...judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain...of divination, met us-, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants... | |
 | John Jortin - Apologetics - 1805 - 438 pages
...Apostles which eeems to determine the point in favour of divination. ' A certain damsel,' says St. Luke, ' possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : the same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...come into my house, and abide tlure. And she constrained us. 1 6 ^f And it came to pass, as we ivent to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, wlu'ch brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : 17 The same followed Paul and us,, and cried,... | |
 | 1877 - 588 pages
...occurrence of a strange event, upon which we must offer a few remarks. In the 16th verse we read, " And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met ns, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying." The words " spirit of divination " mean literally... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...of an evil spirit is recorded Acts xvi. 16 — 19 : "And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, that a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, "These men are the servants... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1814 - 184 pages
...suffered them not to speak : for they knew that he was Christ. Luke 4. 41. His mimsterinff servants, — And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain...spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pages
...judged me to be faithful to thé Lord, corne into my house and abide there. And she constrained us. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain...with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her ses maîtres en devinant, nous rencontra. 17 Elle nous suivoit, Paul et nous, en criant : Ces hommes... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...faith- cirCCV1111ful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And c she constrained us. 16 Î And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel d possessed with a spirit "of divination met us, which brought her masters f much gain by soothsaying... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...matter ; Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole duty of man. Acts xvii. 16, 17^ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain...damsel possessed •with a spirit of divination met as which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - Christianity - 1822 - 452 pages
...with the common ideas of the daemoniacal possession. The account is this : " It came to pass, that as we went to prayer, a certain damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination, met us. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are servants of 'he most high God, which... | |
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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... 
