ACTS 16:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.”
She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved' — the demon-possessed woman's proclamation (katakoleō, to follow, harass) of truth is ironic: what she announces is factually correct (servants of the Most High God, way of salvation) but proceeding from a demonic source. This mimics the pattern of demonic recognition throughout the Gospels (Mark 1:24), where evil spirits acknowledge Jesus' identity while remaining opposed to his purposes.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:17
she besought us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us Acts 16:15: then look at her wisdom, how she importunes (δυσωπεἵ), the Apostles how full of humility her words are, how full of wisdom. If you have judged me faithful, she says. Nothing could be more persuasive. Who would not have been softened by these words? She did not request (or, claim) did not entreat simply: but she left them to decide,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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