Acts 16 Nkjv (2024)

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What is the main point of Acts 16? ›

THEME: Joy in all Things: Acts 16 displays the beauty of Christian joy, that joy is not tied only to triumph in the faith but also defeat. Acts chapter 16 starts off with Paul and Silas embarking on Paul's second missionary journey. The journey begins with them finding Timothy and training him up in the Gospel.

Paul's faith and trust in God allowed him to change his plans and go where God wanted him to be. He did not sulk, question why, or delay getting to work on the plan that God revealed to him. Instead, he accepted God's plan and continued working hard for the Lord. That is the example that we are to follow.

Gospel Connection Because Paul and Silas believed Jesus was their Savior, they were able to remain joyful and content while in prison. Just like the jailer, you too can believe in the Lord Jesus and you can be saved. You must ADMIT to God that you have sinned against Him and ASK for forgiveness.

Acts 16:16–18.

Divination, which is also called soothsaying, was and is forbidden to the Lord's people (see Deuteronomy 18:9–14; Joshua 13:22). The evil spirit in the damsel bore witness of the divine mission of Paul and his companions, but they rebuked the spirit and cast it out of the young woman.

O Holy Spirit, God who is present within me, help me to know your will. Help me discern your timing. Guide me to the places where I can be most useful to you at the time that is most advantageous to grow your kingdom, to bless your children, and to reach the lost.

The "we" passages—a number of verses in Acts are written in the first person plural ("we") apparently indicating that the writer is participating in the events he is describing—were first interpreted by Irenaeus as evidence that the writer was a personal eyewitness of these events, and a companion of Paul on his ...

CSB When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was going to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped. NLT The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself.

Within the facet of Acts 16, Luke defines salvation through the two incidences of the slave girl and the jailer. During the encounter with the slave girl, Luke narrates an invocation of the name of Jesus Christ. In answer to the jailer's question, believing in the Lord Jesus was put forward in response.

Paul and Silas were put in jail after they drove a spirit from a slave girl. Why did this lead to their arrest and imprisonment (Acts 16:19)? Acts 16:16 As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.

Why did Paul and Silas separate? ›

According to Acts 17–18, Silas and Timothy travelled with Paul from Philippi to Thessalonica, where they were treated with hostility in the synagogues. The harassers followed the trio to Berea, threatening Paul's safety, and causing Paul to separate from Silas and Timothy.

Silas is chiefly remembered as the companion of the Apostle Paul who was arrested with him at Philippi (Acts 16:19-40). They were beaten severely and confined in the inner prison, with their feet in stocks. There they sang hymns in the night, and an earthquake shook the prison, and released them.

After Paul casts the “spirit of python” out of her, we are told that she loses this ability. However, beyond that—and her owners' anger over this loss—we don't know what happens to her. Byron points out that her owners may have begun exploiting her in another way.

While walking through the marketplace, Paul and Silas encounter a girl possessed with the “spirit of Python” (πνεῦμα πύθωνα). The Python was the serpent or dragon that guarded the Delphic oracle at Mt. Parnassus.

Witch of Endor, in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament; 1 Samuel 28:3–25), a female sorcerer who was visited by Saul, the first king of Israel.

Instead, as a Gentile worshiping the God of the Jews, Lydia was seeking more, and she listened to Paul proclaim the good news. Paul's “best laid plans” had been re-routed to this road less traveled. The LESSONS FROM LYDIA include looking and listening and praying and following.

The focus of this scene is the power of Jesus over all the spirits of the world, but we might well ask whether and how there could be a more complete freedom for this woman. The story simply leaves her behind, nameless, disturbing, and perhaps a reminder of the continuing need of liberation for so many.

Acts 16:16–24 shows that religiously confused Gentiles can hinder Paul's ministry as much as Jews. Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke are in Philippi on the border of Macedonia and Greece. When Paul expels a demonic spirit from a slave girl, her owners accuse Paul and Silas of illegally promoting a foreign god.