so the Apostle Paul dispossessed the damsel, that had a spirit of divination; commanding the spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come out of her, and it did;
and evil spirits also went out of others, through his means, by the power of Christ, ( Acts 16:18 ) ( 19:12 ) ;
and this power continued for a considerable time among the saints: the phrase “in my name”, is in the Arabic version, joined to the word “believe”, in the preceding clause; and is omitted in the Persic version, but is rightly retained by all others in this place;
for by the power and authority of Christ, and not their own, and by calling upon, and making use of his name, such miraculous operations were wrought by the apostles:
or languages, not such as were new made, and had never been heard and known before;
Not all of them, but some; and not always, only for a time;