SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:20
Antes digo que lo que los gentiles sacrifican, a los demonios lo sacrifican, y no a Dios; y no querría que vosotros fueseis partícipes de los demonios.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 20. But I say , etc.] This is my sense and meaning, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice unto devils, and not to God ; reference is had to ( Deuteronomy 32:17) for what the Gentiles sacrificed, though they did not sacrifice intentionally to the idols of gold, silver, wood, and stone, but to God in them, as they pretended; yet inasmuch as in such worship and sacrifices they were directed, instigated, influenced, and assisted by devils, who took up their residence in these idols, and gave forth their oracles from them, they sacrificed to them; and which some have done, as in India and China, professedly and openly, and all other idolaters, eventually, virtually, and covertly: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils ; as all wicked men have, in the commission of any lust, sin, or immorality; and as all idolaters have in their superstitious practices, and idolatrous worship; and if grace prevent not, will have to all eternity in everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; wherefore the apostle would have the Corinthians flee from idolatry, and all appearance of it, and abstain from eating things offered to idols, of which they could not eat without having fellowship with devils; this he says, to deter them from such practices, which must be very horrible and shocking, and bespeaks in him great care of them, and affection for them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-22 - Did not the joining in the Lord's supper show a profession of faith in Christ crucified, and of adoring gratitude to him for his salvation Christians, by this ordinance, and the faith therein professed, wer united as the grains of wheat in one loaf of bread, or as the member in the human body, seeing they were all united to Christ, and ha fellowship with him and one another. This is confirmed from the Jewis worship and customs in sacrifice. The apostle applies this to feastin with idolaters. Eating food as part of a heathen sacrifice, wa worshipping the idol to whom it was made, and having fellowship of communion with it; just as he who eats the Lord's supper, is accounte to partake in the Christian sacrifice, or as they who ate the Jewis sacrifices partook of what was offered on their altar. It was denyin Christianity; for communion with Christ, and communion with devils could never be had at once. If Christians venture into places, and joi in sacrifices to the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life, they will provoke God.
Greek Textus Receptus
αλλ 235 CONJ οτι 3754 CONJ α 3739 R-APN θυει 2380 5719 V-PAI-3S τα 3588 T-NPN εθνη 1484 N-NPN δαιμονιοις 1140 N-DPN θυει 2380 5719 V-PAI-3S και 2532 CONJ ου 3756 PRT-N θεω 2316 N-DSM ου 3756 PRT-N θελω 2309 5719 V-PAI-1S δε 1161 CONJ υμας 5209 P-2AP κοινωνους 2844 A-APM των 3588 T-GPN δαιμονιων 1140 N-GPN γινεσθαι 1096 5738 V-PNN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
20. Devils (daimonioiv). See on Mark i. 34. Used here, as always in the New Testament, of diabolic spirits.111 Daimonion the neuter of the adjective daimoniov divine, occurs in Paul's writings only here and 1 Timothy iv. 1. It is used in the Septuagint, Deut. xxxii. 17, to translate the Hebrew word which seems, originally, to have meant a supernatural being inferior to the gods proper, applied among the Assyrians to the bulldeities which guarded the entrances to temples and palaces. Among the Israelites it came to signify all gods but the God of Israel. Compare Isaiah lxv. 11, where Gad (good fortune, probably the star-God Jupiter) is rendered in the Septuagint tw daimoniw the demon. See Rev, O.T. Also Psalm xcvi. 5 (Sept. 95.), where elilim things of nought, A.V. idols, is rendered by daimonia demons. 112
Robertson's NT Word Studies
10:20 {But I say that} (all' hoti). The verb femi (I say) must be repeated from verse #19 before hoti. {To demons, and not to God} (daimoniois kai ou qewi). Referring to LXX text of #De 32:17. It is probable that by ou qewi Paul means "to a no-god" as also in #De 32:21 ep' ouk eqnei (by a no-people). this is Paul's reply to the heathen who claimed that they worshipped the gods represented by the images and not the mere wood or stone or metal idols. The word daimonia is an adjective daimonios from daimwn, an inferior deity, and with same idea originally, once in this sense in N.T. (#Ac 17:18). Elsewhere in N.T. it has the notion of evil spirits as here, those spiritual forces of wickedness (#Eph 6:12) that are under the control of Satan. The word daimonia, so common in the Gospels, occurs in Paul's writings only here and #1Ti 4:1. Demonology is a deep and dark subject here pictured by Paul as the explanation of heathenism which is a departure from God (#Ro 1:19-23) and a substitute for the worship of God. It is a terrible indictment which is justified by the lascivious worship associated with paganism qen and now.
