Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 16:19

19 Shǐnǚ de zhǔrén men , jiàn dé lì de zhǐwang méiyǒu le , biàn jiū zhù Bǎoluó hé Xīlā , lá tāmen dào shì shàng qù jiàn shǒulǐng .

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 16:19 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:19

And when her masters saw
As they might by her sedateness and composure; she not being wild and frantic, and not having such motions and agitations she had whilst under the possession of the evil spirit: that the hope of their gains was gone;
the Syriac version adds, "out of her"; namely, the evil spirit which was the ground and foundation of all their hope of gains, they expected to acquire for themselves; that being gone, they had no more work to do, nor tricks to play, nor profit to expect from the maid: wherefore they caught Paul and Silas;
they being the chief speakers, and principally concerned in the ejection of the evil spirit; they laid hold on them, took them by the collar, or held them by their clothes, and drew them into the market place:
or rather into the court of judicature, as the word also signifies; there to accuse them, and to have them tried, condemned, and punished: unto the rulers;
the judges of the court, it may be the Decuriones; for in a Roman colony as Philippi was, they chose out every tenth man, that was of capacity and ability, to make and establish a public council, and who therefore were called by this name.

Shǐtúxíngzhuàn 16:19 In-Context

17 Tā gēnsuí Bǎoluó hé wǒmen , hǎn zhe shuō , zhèxie rén shì zhìgāo shén de púrén , duì nǐmen chuánshuō jiù rén de dào .

18 Tā yī lián duō rì zhèyàng hǎnjiào , Bǎoluó jiù xīn zhòng yànfán , zhuǎn shēn duì nà guǐ shuō , wǒ fèng Yēsū Jīdū de míng , fēnfu nǐ cóng tā shēnshang chūlai . nà guǐ dāngshí jiù chūlai le .

19 Shǐnǚ de zhǔrén men , jiàn dé lì de zhǐwang méiyǒu le , biàn jiū zhù Bǎoluó hé Xīlā , lá tāmen dào shì shàng qù jiàn shǒulǐng .

20 Yòu daì dào guān zhǎng miànqián shuō , zhèxie rén yuán shì Yóutaìrén , jìng sāo rǎo wǒmen de chéng ,

21 Chuán wǒmen Luómǎ rén suǒ bùkĕ shòu , bùkĕ xíng de guīju .