Acts 16:17

This one was following Rav Sha'ul, crying out, saying, These anashim are avadim of G-d HaElyon and are proclaiming to you the Derech HaYeshu'at Eloheinu.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16And it came about when we were going to where they held the minyan, that a certain shifchah having a ruach of the python + 16:16 i.e., a shed, demon came out to meet us. She was bringing much profit to her adonim by divination. + 16:16 Dt 18:11; 1Sm 28:3,7

18And this kviusdik thing she was doing for many yamim; but Rav Sha'ul, whom she wouldn't stop derkutshen, turned to the ruach, and said, I command you in haShem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua to come out from her! And it came out in the same hour.

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Cross References

Psalms 57:2Channeni, O Elohim, channeni; 1 for my nefesh taketh refuge in Thee; 1 yes, in the tzel (shadow) of Thy wings will I make my refuge, 1 until these devastations pass by. 1

Daniel 3:26Then Nevukhadnetzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of El Elyon (G-d Most High), come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the eish (fire).

Daniel 4:2I saw a chalom (dream) which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the chazonot (visions) of my head troubled me.

Daniel 5:21And he was driven from the bnei haAdam; and his lev was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that El Elyon ruled in the malchut haAdam, and that He appointeth over it whomsoever He will.

Daniel 6:20Then the king arose very early in the boker, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

Micah 6:6With what shall I come before Hashem, 1 and bow myself before Elohei Marom (G-d on High)? 1 Shall I come before Him with olot (burnt offerings), 1 with calves a year old? 1

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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