 | 1804 - 476 pages
...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...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...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 and said to the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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..."These men are the servants 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... | |
 | 1877 - 588 pages
...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... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 448 pages
...to prayer, that a certain damsel, possessed [mark that, possessed] with a spirit of divination, met us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, [mark that, of the most High God] which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days."... | |
 | Alden Bradford - Bible - 1813 - 544 pages
...(supposed to be) possessed with a spirit of Python,f met us, who brought her masters much gam by 17 soothsaying: The same followed Paul and us, and cried,...saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who shew unto 18 us the way of salvation. And this she did many days. But Paul being grieved, turned... | |
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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, These men are the servants of the most high... 
