17 She followed Paul and us and[a] was crying out, saying, “These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” 18 And she was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed and turning around, said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out immediately.[b]

19 But when[c] her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and[d] dragged them[e] into the marketplace before the rulers.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 16:17 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“followed”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Acts 16:18 Literally “that same hour”
  3. Acts 16:19 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Acts 16:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“seized”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Acts 16:19 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation