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
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