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Acts 16:18

World English Bible

She was doing this for many days.
But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.

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Acts 16:18 in other translations

And this she did for many days. But Paul, being sore troubled, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour.

Acts 16:18 · American Standard Version

Acts 16:18 in context

  1. 16As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
  2. 17Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
  3. 18She was doing this for many days.
    But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
  4. 19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
  5. 20When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city