Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” New Living Translation She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.” English Standard Version She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” Berean Standard Bible This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” Berean Literal Bible Having followed Paul and us, she was crying out, saying, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." King James Bible The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. New King James Version This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” New American Standard Bible She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” NASB 1995 Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.” NASB 1977 Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.” Legacy Standard Bible Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.” Amplified Bible She followed after Paul and us and kept screaming and shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” Christian Standard Bible As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.” Holman Christian Standard Bible As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation, are the slaves of the Most High God.” American Standard Version The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation. Aramaic Bible in Plain English She was coming after Paulus and after us, crying and saying, “These men are Servants of the highest God, and they are evangelizing to you the way of life.” Contemporary English Version The girl followed Paul and the rest of us, and she kept yelling, "These men are servants of the Most High God! They are telling you how to be saved." Douay-Rheims Bible This same following Paul and us, cried out, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach unto you the way of salvation. English Revised Version The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, which proclaim unto you the way of salvation. GOD'S WORD® Translation She used to follow Paul and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God. They're telling you how you can be saved." Good News Translation She followed Paul and us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God! They announce to you how you can be saved!" International Standard Version She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!" Literal Standard Version she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us [the] way of salvation!” Majority Standard Bible This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to us the way of salvation!” New American Bible She began to follow Paul and us, shouting, “These people are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.” NET Bible She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." New Revised Standard Version While she followed Paul and us, she would cry out, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.” New Heart English Bible She followed Paul and us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." Webster's Bible Translation The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the way of salvation. Weymouth New Testament She kept following close behind Paul and the rest of us, crying aloud, "These men are the bondservants of the Most High God, and are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." World English Bible Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!” Young's Literal Translation she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul and Silas Imprisoned16One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling. 17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” 18She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.… Cross References Mark 5:7 And he shouted in a loud voice, "What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!" 2 Peter 2:2 Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. Treasury of Scripture The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show to us the way of salvation. These. Acts 19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. Matthew 8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Mark 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. the servants. Daniel 3:26,28 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire… Daniel 6:16,20 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee… Jonah 1:9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. the most. Genesis 14:18-22 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God… Psalm 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. the way. Acts 16:30,31 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? … Acts 18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Matthew 7:13,14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: … Jump to Previous Aloud Announce Bondmen Bondservants Bond-Servants Close Cried Crying Declare Followed Following Girl High Kept News Paul Proclaim Proclaiming Rest Salvation Servants Shew Show Telling WayJump to Next Aloud Announce Bondmen Bondservants Bond-Servants Close Cried Crying Declare Followed Following Girl High Kept News Paul Proclaim Proclaiming Rest Salvation Servants Shew Show Telling WayActs 16 1. Paul and Silas are Joined by Timothy,7. and being called by the Spirit from one country to another, 14. convert Lydia, 16. and cast out a spirit of divination; 19. for which cause they are whipped and imprisoned. 25. The prison doors are opened. 31. The jailor is converted, 35. and they are delivered. (17) The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying.--Better, kept on crying. Assuming that the case now before us presented phenomena analogous to those of the cases of demoniac possession, we may refer to what has been said in the Excursus on that subject appended to St. Matthew's Gospel for general views of the question. Here it will be enough to note the same symptom of a divided consciousness. We lose much of the human interest of the narrative if we merely think of a demon bearing, as in mockery, his witness to the work of Christ, in order that he might thwart that work. That continual cry spoke, we may well believe, of the girl's mind as longing for deliverance, and peace, and calm. She sees in the preachers those whom she recognises as able to deliver her, as unlike as possible to the masters who traded on her maddened misery. And yet the thraldom in which she found herself led her to cries that simply impeded their work. We note, as characteristic, the recurrence of the name of the Most High God, which meets us from the lips of the demoniac in the Gospels. (See Note on Mark 5:7.) As the name which was often in the mouths of exorcists, it became familiar to those who were regarded as subjects for their treatment. As she seems day by day to have gone to the river-side oratory, it is probable that she also had some points of contact with the faith of those who worshipped there, and had listened there to the preaching of the Apostles. Might not she claim a share in "the way of salvation" which was proclaimed to them?Verse 17. - Following after... cried out for followed... and cried, A.V.; servants for the servants, A.V.; proclaim unto you for show unto us, A.V. and T.R. This testimony of the spirit of divination to the doctrine of St. Paul is analogous to that of the unclean spirits who cried out to Jesus, "Thou art the Son of God" (Mark 1:23-26; Mark 3:11; Luke 4:34, 35); and St. Paul's dealing with the spirit of divination was similar to that of our Lord's with the evil spirits in the cases referred to. What was the motive of the damsel, or the spirit by which she was possessed, for so crying out, or St. Paul's for so silencing her, we are not told. Perhaps she interrupted him, and diverted the minds of those to whom he was preaching. And he did not like the mixture of lies with truth. The motive of secrecy which was one cause of our Lord's rebuke to the spirits would not apply in the case of St. Paul. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [This girl]αὕτη (hautē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. followed κατακολουθοῦσα (katakolouthousa) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 2628: To follow after. From kata and akoloutheo; to accompany closely. Paul Παύλῳ (Paulō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. [the rest of] us, ἡμῖν (hēmin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. shouting, ἔκραζεν (ekrazen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2896: To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud. “These Οὗτοι (Houtoi) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. men ἄνθρωποι (anthrōpoi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. are εἰσίν (eisin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. servants δοῦλοι (douloi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. of the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Most High Ὑψίστου (Hypsistou) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular - Superlative Strong's 5310: Highest, most high, the heights. Superlative from the base of hupsos; highest, i.e. the Supreme, or the heavens. God, Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. who οἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. are proclaiming καταγγέλλουσιν (katangellousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2605: To declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate. From kata and the base of aggelos; to proclaim, promulgate. to you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. [the] way ὁδὸν (hodon) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. of salvation.” σωτηρίας (sōtērias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 4991: Feminine of a derivative of soter as noun; rescue or safety. Links Acts 16:17 NIVActs 16:17 NLT Acts 16:17 ESV Acts 16:17 NASB Acts 16:17 KJV Acts 16:17 BibleApps.com Acts 16:17 Biblia Paralela Acts 16:17 Chinese Bible Acts 16:17 French Bible Acts 16:17 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 16:17 Following Paul and us she cried out (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |
    |