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APOSTLE PAUL: THE ARCHITECT AND BUILDER OF THE CHURCH<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

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Acts 16:16-40 <strong>Paul</strong> and Silas in Prison<br />

The healing of the demon-possessed girl - Ac 16:16-18<br />

The Satriae tribe had the oracle of Dionysus, the Thracian prophet god. The "damsel with the<br />

spirit of divination" may have belonged to this shrine, or else to the shrine of Apollos (as the<br />

spirit is called "Pythoness,"). The Psychic may have been a slave girl with this special power.<br />

These Psychics were used by the owners to divine for hire to the people coming to the<br />

temple market. She met <strong>Paul</strong> several days on his way to the place of prayer, and used to cry<br />

out on each occasion "these are the servants of the most high God who announce to us the<br />

way of salvation." <strong>Paul</strong> eventually casted the spirit out of her. As a result the trade came to a<br />

halt for the owner and was naturally angry.

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