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The Root of Opposition
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the masters' rage was not about theology but about money. When Paul cast out the demon, he also cast out their source of income. Scholars like Albert Barnes and AT Robertson state that a primary source of opposition to the gospel, both then and now, is its threat to dishonest or exploitative financial gain. As one scholar puts it, "The most sensitive part of 'civilized' man is the pocket."
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 16:19
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Acts 16:19
Was gone (εξηλθεν). Was gone out of the slave girl, second aorist active indicative of εξερχομα. "The two most important social re…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 16:19
19th Century
Bishop
That the hope of their gains was gone.—Better, of their occupation. The word for gains is the same as t…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Acts 16:19–20
19th Century
Preacher
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, …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 16:19
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…
John Calvin
On Acts 16:19
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Acts 16:19
17th Century
Pastor
And when her masters saw As they might by her sedateness and composure; she not being wild and frantic, and not having su…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 16:16–24
17th Century
Minister
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 …