17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."


In Context

14 One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.

15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.

16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

17 This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved."

18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so troubled 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.

19 When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

Acts 16:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:17This same following Paul and us, cried out, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God, who preach unto you the way of salvation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17She, having followed Paul and us, cried saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who announce to you the way of salvation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, which proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, who show to us the way of salvation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17Following Paul and us, she cried out, |These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:17she having followed Paul and us, was crying, saying, 'These men are servants of the Most High God, who declare to us a way of salvation;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:17The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show to us the way of salvation.