Acts 16:16–24
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Paul and Silas Imprisoned
16And it happened that as* we were going to the place of prayer, a certain female slave who had a spirit of divinatione met us, who was bringing a large profit to her owners by* fortune-telling. 17She followed Paul and us and* was crying out, saying, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” 18And she was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out immediately.f
19But when* her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and* dragged them* into the marketplace before the rulers. 20And when they* had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, 21and are proclaiming customs that are not permitted for us to accept or to practice, because we* are Romans!” 22And the crowd joined in attacking them, and the chief magistrates tore off their clothing and* gave orders to beat them* with rods. 23And after they* had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them* into prison, giving orders to the jailer to guard them securely. 24Having received such an order, heg put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.h
Footnotes
- *Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were going”)
- eLiterally “a spirit of Python”; Python was the name of the serpent or dragon that guarded the Delphic oracle at the foot of Mt. Parnassus and the word eventually came to be used for a spirit of divination
- *Here “by” is supplied as a component of the infinitive (“fortune-telling”) which is understood as means
- *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“followed”) has been translated as a finite verb
- fLiterally “that same hour”
- *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“seized”) has been translated as a finite verb
- *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had brought”) which is understood as temporal
- *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal
- *Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“tore off”) has been translated as a finite verb
- *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- *Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had inflicted”) which is understood as temporal
- *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- gLiterally “who”
- hOr possibly “to the block of wood,” referring to a log to which the prisoners were chained or tied
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