 | 1804 - 476 էջ
...abide there. And she constrained us. 16 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 soothsaying : 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 438 էջ
...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... | |
 | Hugh Farmer - 1805 - 288 էջ
...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 - 1805 - 924 էջ
...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 - 1807 - 538 էջ
...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 - 1807 - 550 էջ
...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 էջ
...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, saying, These men are the servants of tire most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 1 8 And this did she many days. But Paul... | |
 | 1864 - 868 էջ
...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 met us, which...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 էջ
...them by fair words : — causing the damsel to frequently follow the missionaries and to cry out, " These men are the servants of the most high God which shew unto us the way of salvation." After this gospel according to the devil had been preached by the damsel many days, Paul cast out the... | |
 | Robert Trail - 1810 - 530 էջ
...Jesus, thou Son of the most high God ? Mark v. 7. The devil knows the gospel ; Acts xvi. 1 7. These nun are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. What better can be said of the gospel than this, to call it the way of salvation ; and to call the... | |
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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. 
