..."Tranflators having rendred it thus : And it came to fafs as we vent t» prayer, a certain Damfel pojfifs'd with a Spirit of Divination met us. But the Margin reads Python, inftcad of Divination, which is a general Name, and may be us'd in that place, as more intelligible...

...judged me to be 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 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,...

...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,...

...having rendered it thus : and it came to pass, as we Kent to prayer, a certain damsel, possessed mth a spirit of divination, met us. But the margin reads...more intelligible by the common people. Plutarch, in bis treatise concerning the cessation of oracles, saith these familiar spirits were anciently called...

...occurrence of a 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...

...suffered them not to speak : for they knew that he was Christ. Luke 4. 41. His mimsterinff servants, — 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. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,...

...judged me to be faithful to thé Lord, corne 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 with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her ses maîtres en devinant, nous rencontra. 17 Elle nous suivoit, Paul et nous, en...

...matter ; Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole duty of man. Acts xvii. 16, 17^ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain...damsel possessed •with a spirit of divination met as which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,...

...with the common ideas of the daemoniacal possession. The account is this : " It came to pass, that as we went to prayer, a certain damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination, met us. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are servants of 'he most high God, which...

...with the common ideas of the dsemoniacal possession. The account is this : " It came to pass, that as we went to prayer, a certain damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination, met us. The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are servants of the most high God, which...