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19. ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς ἐργασίας αὐτῶν, that the hope of their gain was gone. The verb ἐξῆλθεν is the same word which was used of the spirit coming out of the damsel. We cannot produce the same effect by English words. When the spirit went out, the hope of their gain went out also. What the damsel herself may have thought of her power we cannot tell. Probably, for their money-making purposes, they had persuaded her that her ravings were prophetic.
ἐπιλαβόμενοι τὸν Παῦλον καὶ τὸν Σίλαν, having caught Paul and Silas, as being the most prominent members of the mission party.
εἰς τὴν ἀγοράν, into the market-place. This was the great place of concourse and where, as in the Roman forum, would be the seat of the authorities.
ἄρχοντας, rulers. A very general term, the special members of the magistracy being indicated in the next verse.