15 [a]And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained us.

16 [b]And it came to pass that as we went to prayer, a certain maid having a spirit [c]of divination, met us, which gat her masters much vantage with divining.

17 She followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show unto you the way of salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:15 An example of a godly housewife.
  2. Acts 16:16 Satan transformeth himself into an Angel of light, and coveteth to enter by undermining, but Paul openly letteth him, and casteth him out.
  3. Acts 16:16 This is a proper note of Apollo, which was wont to give answers to them that asked him.

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