Acts 19:15
13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
- KJV
- And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
- WEB
- The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
- ASV
- And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?
- DARBY
- But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?
- BLB
- But the evil spirit, answering, said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about; but you⁺, who are you⁺?”
- ÅB
- Men den onde ånd svarte dem: Jesus kjenner jeg, og Paulus vet jeg om; men dere, hvem er dere?
- OTB
- Men den onde ånden svarte: «Jesus kjenner jeg, og Paulus er jeg kjent med, men hvem er dere?»
- B1930
- Men den onde ånd svarte dem: Jesus kjenner jeg, og Paulus vet jeg om; men I, hvem er I?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 16:17–18
The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
Read in contextMark 1:34
And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.
Read in contextLuke 4:33–35
And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
Read in contextMark 5:9–13
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Read in contextMark 1:24
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
Read in contextMatthew 8:29–31
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Read in contextLuke 8:28–32
When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Read in contextGenesis 3:1–5
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Read in context