Acts 16:18 - Exposition

She did for did she, A.V.; for many for many, A.V.; sore troubled for grieved, A.V.; charge for command, A.V.; it for he, A.V.; that very for the same, A.V. Command ( παραγγέλλω , as in Acts 1:4 ; Acts 5:28 ; and Acts 5:23 of this chapter, etc.). The only other instances of exorcism by St. Paul are these recorded in Acts 19:12 and Acts 19:15 . The question of possession by spirits is too large a one to be discussed here. It must suffice to notice that St. Paul in his action (as our Lord before him had done), and St. Luke in his narrative, distinctly treat possession, and expulsion by the power of Christ, as real.