• General scriptures concerning Acts 25:19

  • INSTANCES OF
    • Israelites, supposing that their defeat in battle with the Philistines was due to their not having brought with them The ark of the covenant 1 Samuel 4:3 ; 4:10,11
    • Philistines, refusing to step on the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen upon it 1 Samuel 5:5
    • The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods 1 Kings 20:23
    • Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven Jeremiah 44:17-19
    • Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was upon Daniel Daniel 4:8,9
    • The sailors who threw Jonah into the sea Jonah 1:4-16
    • The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came walking upon the lake Matthew 14:26 ; Mark 6:49,50
    • Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the dead Mark 6:14,16
    • The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombs Matthew 8:34
    • The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter Acts 12:14,15
    • The Ephesians, in their sorceries Acts 19:13-19
    • The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of god Acts 28:6
    • See IDOLATRY
    • See SORCERY