SUPERSTITION

–General scriptures concerning Ac 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 Da 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 Mt 14:26; Mr 6:49,50

.Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the dead Mr 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 Ac 12:14,15

.The Ephesians, in their sorceries Ac 19:13-19

.The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of god Ac 28:6

.See IDOLATRY

.See SORCERY