Acts 16:16

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 7:11; Exodus 7:12; Galatians 5:20; Isaiah 8:19; Revelation 18:11-13

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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 th...
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 gai...
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...
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...
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...
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 spi...
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 soot...
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 poss...
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...
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

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...
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 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 soot...
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...
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 soot...
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...
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

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 p...
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

‘And it came about that, as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much g...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Healing of the Girl Possessed With The Python Spirit (16:16-18). But Paul could not land in Europe in the power of the Holy Spirit without exp...
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 s...
Scofield Reference Notes

spirit (Greek, "pneuma", "a Python").
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 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 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 soo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The encounter with the spirit of divination:

¹⁶ 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:

Related Commentaries of Acts 16:16

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

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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