Acts 16:17

The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

Ver. 17. These men are the servants] Satan etsi semel videatur verax, millies est mendax et semper fallax. Mark 1:25; John 8:47 .

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These men are — A great truth: but St. Paul did not need, nor would accept, of such testimony.

¹⁷ The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

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