SUPERSTITION

• General scriptures concerning Acts 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 1 Sam. 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 1 Sam. 5:5
  • The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods 1 Ki. 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 Jonah 1:4-16
  • The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came walking upon the lake Mt. 14:26; Mk. 6:49,50
  • Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the dead Mk. 6:14, 16
  • The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombs Mt. 8:34
  • The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter Acts 12:14,15
  • The Ephesians, in their sorceries Acts 19:13-19
  • The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of god Acts 28:6
• See IDOLATRY
• See SORCERY