SUPERSTITION
General scriptures concerning
Israelites, supposing that their defeat in battle with the Philistines was due to their not having brought with them the ark of the covenant
Philistines, refusing to step on the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen upon it
The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods
Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven
Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was upon Daniel
The sailors who threw Jonah into the sea
The disciples, supposing they saw a ghost when Jesus came walking upon the lake
Herod Antipas, imagining that Jesus was actually John the Baptist risen from the dead
The Gadarenes (Gerasenes, Gergasenes), because Jesus expelled demons out of the man who lived among the tombs
The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter
The Ephesians, in their sorceries
The people of the island of Melita (Malta), in assuming that Paul was some sort of god