Acts 16:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

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 Acts 21:30, where helko, the classical form, is used, and see note on John 12:32.

marketplace. Greek. agora. Where the courts were held. Latin. forum.

rulers. authorities. Greek. archon.

Acts 16:19

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,