Usually when I read the Bible I come across passages that makes me laugh. There's a lot of humour in scripture it turns out. This one is quite funny :
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. (Acts 16:16-18 ESV)
As always, the humour lies in the irony. In this case, the girl was correct. More funny is that it annoyed Paul - for the right reason of course. But one can't help but laugh!
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation." And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour. (Acts 16:16-18 ESV)
As always, the humour lies in the irony. In this case, the girl was correct. More funny is that it annoyed Paul - for the right reason of course. But one can't help but laugh!
Comments
Post a Comment