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23And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

Acts 16:23

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 16-24)

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 of, by proclaiming them to be the servants of God. Observe, 1. The account that is given of this damsel: She was pythonissa, possessed with such a spirit of divination as that damsel was by whom the ...

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