Acts 16:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divinationc met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: ”

• Acts 16:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (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 i...

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• Acts 16:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 g...

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• Acts 16:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 prie...

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• Acts 16:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 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 fait...

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• Acts 16:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1786 A SPIRIT OF DIVINATION CAST OUT Acts 16:16-18 . And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her master...

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• Acts 16:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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: As we went to prayer - Εις προσευχην, Int...

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• Acts 16:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• Acts 16:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Welcomed; Attested; Imprisoned Acts 16:14-24 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...

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• Acts 16:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 c...

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• Acts 16:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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, &am...

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• Acts 16:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 πνευμ...

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• Acts 16:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 visi...

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• Acts 16:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi.       16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed...

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• Acts 16:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 afterward...

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• Acts 16:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 a...

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• Acts 16:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 a...

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• Acts 16:16 - Scofield Reference Notes

  spirit (Greek, "pneuma", "a Python").

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• Acts 16:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 Timoth...

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• Acts 16:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 t...

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• Acts 16:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 16:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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;

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• Acts 16:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 10:13 ; 1 Samuel 28:7 ; 1 Timothy 6:10 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; 2 Timothy 3:8 ; Acts 19:24 ; Acts 16:13 ; Acts 16:18 ; Acts 8:9-11 ; Deuteronomy 13:1-3 ; Deuteronomy 18:9-11 ; Exodus...

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