Act 16:16 | CPDV | STEP | Then it happened that, as we were going out to prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of divination, met with us. She was a source of great profit to her masters, through her divining.

Acts 16:16

16 Then it happened that, as we were going out to prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of divination, met with us. She was a source of great profit to her masters, through her divining. ^{▼▼16:16This girl is said to have the spirit of a python because the python in Greek mythology was associated with divination.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼16:16 A pythonical spirit: That is, a spirit pretending to divine, and tell fortunes.(Challoner)}