<p>16:17<i>The same following after Paul and us was crying out, saying: These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation</i>- There was clearly a literal element to this, because Paul turns and addresses the girl (:18). But the language of following Paul is elsewhere used to mean that people accepted his teaching (Acts 13:43). It may be that we are intended to understand that she accepted the Gospel.</p>