Hechos 16:18

18 Así continuó durante muchos días. Por fin Pablo se molestó tanto que se volvió y reprendió al espíritu:—¡En el nombre de Jesucristo, te ordeno que salgas de ella!Y en aquel mismo momento el espíritu la dejó.

Hechos 16:18 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 16:18

And this she did many days
As the apostle and his company passed to and from the oratory, being for that time at Lydia's house; she followed them, and repeated the above words. This she was suffered to do, time after time; not that the apostle and his friends wanted such a testimony, or that it was of any use to them; but that the expulsion of the evil spirit might be more manliest, and more taken notice of: but Paul being grieved;
at the unhappy condition the maid was in, being possessed with such a spirit: and that the people were so imposed upon and deluded by it; and that it should be thought that there was any combination and agreement between that and him: turned;
himself to her, who was behind him, she following him, as is said in the preceding verse; this is left out in the Syriac version: and said to the spirit;
or to that spirit, as the same version renders it; to the spirit of Python, or Apollo, or of divination, that was in the maid; the Ethiopic version reads, "and he said", "in", or "by the Holy Spirit"; being under a more than ordinary influence and impulse of his; but not the spirit by which he spake, but the spirit to which he spake, is here meant: I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her, and
he came out the same hour;
this is an instance of that power which Christ gave to his apostles to cast out devils in his name, ( Matthew 10:1 ) ( Mark 16:17 )

Hechos 16:18 In-Context

16 Una vez, cuando íbamos al lugar de oración, nos salió al encuentro una joven esclava que tenía un espíritu de adivinación. Con sus poderes ganaba mucho dinero para sus amos.

17 Nos seguía a Pablo y a nosotros, gritando:—Estos hombres son siervos del Dios Altísimo, y les anuncian a ustedes el camino de salvación.

18 Así continuó durante muchos días. Por fin Pablo se molestó tanto que se volvió y reprendió al espíritu:—¡En el nombre de Jesucristo, te ordeno que salgas de ella!Y en aquel mismo momento el espíritu la dejó.

19 Cuando los amos de la joven se dieron cuenta de que se les había esfumado la esperanza de ganar dinero, echaron mano a Pablo y a Silas y los arrastraron a la plaza, ante las autoridades.

20 Los presentaron ante los magistrados y dijeron:—Estos hombres son judíos, y están alborotando a nuestra ciudad,