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SUPERSTITION ;
General scriptures concerning - Ac 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 - 1Sa 4:3; with 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 - 1Sa 5:5- The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods
- 1Ki 20:23- Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering
sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven - Jer 44:17-19- Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was
upon Daniel - Da 4:8,9- The sailors who threw Jonah into the sea
- Jon 1:4-16- The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came
walking upon the lake - Mt 14:26; Mr 6:49,50- Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the
Baptist risen from the dead - Mr 6:14,16- The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus
expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombs - Mt 8:34- The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter
- Ac 12:14,15- The Ephesians, in their sorceries
- Ac 19:13-19- The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that
Paul was some sort of god - Ac 28:6- See
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