 | 1804 - 476 pages
...faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. 16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel, possessed...which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high... | |
 | John Jortin - Apologetics - 1805 - 438 pages
...Apostles which eeems to determine the point in favour of divination. ' A certain damsel,' says St. Luke, ' possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, which...These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the the way of salvation. And this she did many days ; but Paul, being grieved, turned... | |
 | John Jortin - Church history - 1805 - 172 pages
...divination, met us, which brought her master* much gain by soothsaying : the same followed Paul and us, awl cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most...High God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days : But Paul being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thec... | |
 | Hugh Farmer - Bible - 1805 - 288 pages
...Pythoness at Philippi, who, for several days together, followed Paul and his companions, crying out, These men are the servants of the Most High God, which shew unto us the ivay of salvation*. Though she laboured under a melancholy, or some species of insanityf, she might... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...soothers. Sbakspeare. To SOO'THSAY. va [sooth and uy.\ To predict ; to foretell. A damsel, possessed witha spirit of divination, met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts. SOO'THS,AY'ER. n. 3. [from toottuaj.'] A foreteller; a predicter; a prognosticator. Scarce w:is... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 538 pages
...foretelling future events; for that power is expressly appropriated to Jehovah in the Jewish scriptures. 1 7. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,...These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. For mad persons to utter what is true and rational is no unusual... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...divination, which brought her masters much gain by sooth-saying, Ver. 17. Followed Paul and other apostles, saying, these men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. Ver. 18. Paul commanded the evil spirit to come out of her. xix. 13. Certain vagabond Jews, exorcists,... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...come into my house, and abide tlure. And she constrained us. 1 6 ^f And it came to pass, as we ivent to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, wlu'ch brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : 17 The same followed Paul and us,, and cried,... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...of an evil spirit is recorded Acts xvi. 16 — 19 : "And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, that a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination...of the Most High God> which shew unto us the way of salration." And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, " I... | |
 | 1877 - 588 pages
...strange event, upon which we must offer a few remarks. In the 16th verse we read, " And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met ns, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying." The words " spirit of divination " mean literally... | |
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And this did she many days. But Paul being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. 
