Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel: Galaten 5:20

Galaten 5:20

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, [], Whether heresy is properly about matters of faith?

Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, [], Whether strife is always a sin?
Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], Afgoderij, [69]venijngeving, vijandschappen, twisten, [70]afgunstigheden, toorn, gekijf, tweedracht, ketterijen,
69. Of, toverij.
70. Of, jaloezie, wanneer men misgunt dat het zijnen naasten wel
gaat, of zijn voordeel zoekt met schade zijns naasten.

M.G. Easton, The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, [1897], Witchcraft
(1 Samuel 15:23; 2Kings 9:22; 2Chr 33:6; Micah 5:12; Nahum 3:4; Galatians 5:20). In the popular sense of the word no mention is made either of witches or of witchcraft in Scripture.
The "witch of En-dor" (1 Samuel 28) was a necromancer, i.e., one who feigned to hold converse with the dead. The damsel with "a spirit of divination" (Acts 16:16) was possessed by an evil spirit, or, as the words are literally rendered, "having a spirit, a pithon." The reference is to the heathen god Apollo, who was regarded as the god of prophecy.