Acts 16:18

And this she continued to do for many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit: I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

In Context

17She followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying: These men are the servants of the most High God, who show us the way of salvation.

19And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the market to the rulers.

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Cross References

Mark 1:34And he cured many that were sick of various diseases, and cast out many demons, and did not suffer the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Mark 16:17And these signs shall attend those who believe. In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

Luke 10:17And the seventy returned with joy, and said: Lord, even the demons are subject to us through thy name.

Acts 9:34And Peter said to him: Æneas, Jesus the Christ restores you to health; arise, and spread your bed for yourself. And he immediately arose;

Acts 19:12so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried from his body to the sick, and diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

Matthew Henry on Acts 16:17-25

The Expulsion of an Evil Spirit; Persecution of Philippi. 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, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he… Read the whole commentary →

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