Superstition

-General scriptures concerning ACT 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 DAN 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 MAT 14:26; MRK 6:49,50 -Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the dead MRK 6:14,16 -The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombs MAT 8:34 -The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter ACT 12:14,15 -The Ephesians, in their sorceries ACT 19:13-19 -The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of god ACT 28:6 -See IDOLATRY -See SORCERY