ACTS 16:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.”
She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, 'In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!' At that moment the spirit left her — Paul's annoyance (diatarasso, to be greatly troubled) indicates the repeated harassment wore on him, yet his response invokes Jesus' name and authority (epitassō, to command) to cast out the spirit. The immediate departure (exerchomai) demonstrates the spirit's subjection to apostolic power wielded through Christ's name. This parallels Jesus' exorcisms and affirms Paul's authority in the spiritual realm.
Church Fathers on Acts 16:18
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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