Unto the magistrates (τοις στρατηγοις). Greek term (στρατοσ, αγω) for leader of an army or general. But in civic life a governor. …

And brought them to the magistrates. To the military rulers, (strathgoiv) or praetors. Philippi was a Roman col…

The magistrates.—The Greek word used (Stratêgi, literally, generals; the name survived into 1750 in the Italian …

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…

These men trouble our city. This accusation was craftily composed to burden the servants of Christ. For on the one hand, they invoked the …

And brought them to the magistrates
The same as before; therefore the Syriac version omits them there, and reads the…

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 …