Was gone (εξηλθεν). Was gone out of the slave girl, second aorist active indicative of εξερχομα. "The two most important social re…

The hope of their gains was gone. This is what troubled and enraged them, and it is as likely to enrage people as anything. Instead of vie…

That the hope of their gains was gone.—Better, of their occupation. The word for gains is the same as t…

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place to the rulers, …

What Paul did for the slave girl was not appreciated by her masters. In exorcising the demon, he had exorcised their source of income. Because of i…

But when her masters. The same devil who recently flattered Paul through the mouth of the maid now drives her masters into a fury, so that…

And when her masters saw As they might by her sedateness and composure; she not being wild and frantic, and not having su…

Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much harm is done to the real …