Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 16:17
These men are servants of the most high God, etc.—Glorious testimony! But see on Luke 4:41.
this did she many days—that is, on many successive occasions when on their way to their usual place of meeting, or when engaged in religious services.
Acts 16:16-18
as we went to prayer—The words imply that it was on their way to the usual place of public prayer, by the river-side, that this took place; therefore not on the same day with what had just occurred.
a . . . damsel—a female servant, and in this case a slave (Acts 16:19).
possessed of a spirit of divination—or, of Python, that is, a spirit supposed to be inspired by the Pythian Apollo, or of the same nature. The reality of this demoniacal possession is as undeniable as that of any in the Gospel history.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 16:17:
Luke 4:41
Acts 16:12-13
Acts 20:4-5
Titus 1:1
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