Acts 16:19 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

When the girl's owners realized their money-making scheme was over, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the town square to face the authorities.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When you mess with people's profits, they'll come for you hard.

📚 Historical Context

In the ancient city of Philippi, a prosperous Roman colony in Macedonia, Paul and Silas were on a missionary journey spreading the Gospel when they encountered a slave girl possessed by a spirit that allowed her to predict the future, making money for her owners through fortune-telling. When Paul commanded the spirit to leave her, the girl was freed, but her masters lost their lucrative source of income. This led them to seize Paul and Silas in anger and drag them to the marketplace, a public forum, to face the local rulers and authorities.

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