Acts 16:19

drew

(Greek, "helkuō" / "helkō", means, probably "by the feet").

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 i...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Imprisonment of Paul and Silas. The Prison Broken. The rulers ( Acts 16:19 ) are the heads of police; they are afterwards called Strategi, which...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 . lai...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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, Whe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 Duumvi...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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,...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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 gos...
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 rec...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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)...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 agitat...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 l...
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 evide...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 16 And it came to pass,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 suc...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 ru...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 pocke...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 16:19 . The rulers, ἄρχοντες, were the town magistrates ( Luke 12:58 ). Acts 16:20 . The magistrates , στρατηγοί, were...
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...
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 s...
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 so...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 th...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul and Silas imprisoned:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:10 ; 2 Corinthians 6:5 ; Acts 14:19 ; Acts 14:5 ; Acts 15:26 ; Acts 18:12 ; Acts 18:13 ; Acts 19:24-27 ; Acts 21:30 ; Acts 9:16...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The magistrates — The supreme magistrates of the city. In the next verse they are called by a title which often signifies pretors. These officers e...

¹⁹ And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplaced unto the rulers,

Related Commentaries of Acts 16:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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