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- Chapter 16
- Verse 17
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.
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Gill's Exposition
The same followed Paul and us,.... Silas, Luke, and Timothy; the Arabic version reads, "the same followed Paul and Silas"; as they were going to the oratory:
and cried, saying, these men are the…
Barnes' Notes
The same followed Paul ... - Why she did this, or under what presence, the sacred writer has not informed us. It may have been: That as she prophesied for gain, she supposed that Paul and Silas would…
Adam Clarke
These men are the servants, etc. - It is astonishing how such a testimony could be given in such a case; every syllable of it true, and at the same time full, clear, and distinct. But mark the deep…
Paul and his companions, though they were for some time buried in obscurity at Philippi, yet now begin to be taken notice of.
I. A damsel that had a spirit of divination caused them to be taken notice…
Cambridge Bible
followed Paul and us, and cried Whatever the nature of the mental and spiritual malady under which this damsel suffered, it produced on her the like effect which is recorded of evil spirits in the…
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