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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Acts 19:15

Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but you, who are you?"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Demons;   Ephesus;   Miracles;   Paul;   Sceva;   Sorcery;   Superstition;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Devils;   Divinity;   Divinity-Humanity;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exorcists;   Sceva;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Asia;   Ephesus;   Magic;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit;   Prayer;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Relics;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Daemoniac;   Sceva;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Devil;   Exorcism;   Magi;   Sceva;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Church;   Exorcism;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bible;   Corinthians, Second Epistle to;   Ephesus;   Evil Spirits;   Exorcism;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Demon;   Exorcism;   Sacraments;   Simon Magus;   Spirit Spiritual ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Exorcists;   Sceva ;   42 Evil Wicked;   48 To Know, Perceive, Understand;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ephesians;   Ephesus;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Demon;   Sce'va,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Sceva;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Charm;   Sceva;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Exorcism;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
One time while they were doing their little song and dance, a demon spoke back to them and said, "I know Jesus. I've even heard of this cowboy named Paul. But you are neither of these!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
Bible in Basic English
And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?
Darby Translation
But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?
New King James Version
And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
Christian Standard Bible®
The evil spirit answered them, "I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?"
World English Bible
The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But the evil spirit answering said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Weymouth's New Testament
"Jesus I know," the evil spirit answered, "and Paul I have heard of, but who are you?"
King James Version (1611)
And the euill spirit answered, and said, Iesus I knowe, and Paul I know, but who are ye?
Literal Translation
But answering the evil spirit said, I know Jesus, and I comprehend Paul, but who are you?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The euell sprete answered, and sayde: Iesus I knowe, and Paul I knowe, but who are ye?
Mace New Testament (1729)
but the evil spirit said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?"
Amplified Bible
But the evil spirit retorted, "I know and recognize and acknowledge Jesus, and I know about Paul, but as for you, who are you?"
American Standard Version
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Revised Standard Version
But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the evyll sprete answered and sayde: Iesus I knowe and Paul I knowe: but who are ye?
Update Bible Version
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am aware of, but who are you?
Webster's Bible Translation
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Young's Literal Translation
and the evil spirit, answering, said, `Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye -- who are ye?'
New Century Version
But one time an evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
New English Translation
But the evil spirit replied to them, "I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"
Contemporary English Version
when an evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus! And I have heard about Paul. But who are you?"
Complete Jewish Bible
and the evil spirit answered them. It said, "Yeshua I know. And Sha'ul I recognize. But you? Who are you?"
English Standard Version
But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the euil spirit answered, and said, Iesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know: but who are ye?
George Lamsa Translation
And the insane man answered and said to them, Jesus I recognize and Paul I know; but who are you?
Hebrew Names Version
The evil spirit answered, "Yeshua I know, and Sha'ul I know, but who are you?"
International Standard Version
But the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"
Etheridge Translation
And that evil demon answered and said to them, Jeshu I acknowledge, and Paulos I know; but who are you ?
Murdock Translation
And the evil demon answered and said to them: Jesus I well know, and Paul I know, but as for you, who are ye?
New Living Translation
But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, "I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?"
New Life Bible
The demon said, "I know Jesus. I know about Paul. But who are you?"
English Revised Version
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
New Revised Standard
But the evil spirit said to them in reply, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the wicked spirit. Answering, said unto them - Jesus, indeed, I am getting to know, and, Paul, I well-know, - but who are, ye?
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know: and Paul I know. But who are you?
King James Version
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Lexham English Bible
But the evil spirit answered and said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?"
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the euyll spirite aunswered, and sayde, Iesus I knowe, and Paul I knowe: but who are ye?
Easy-to-Read Version
But one time an evil spirit said to these Jews, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
New American Standard Bible
But the evil spirit responded and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know of Paul, but who are you?"
Good News Translation
But the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul; but you—who are you?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the yuel spirit answeride, and seide to hem, Y knowe Jhesu, and Y knowe Poul; but who ben ye?

Contextual Overview

13Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, "I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims." 14Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but you, who are you?"16Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded. 17This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. 18Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds. 19And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, it came to fifty thousand drachmas. 20So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 16:17, Acts 16:18, Genesis 3:1-5, 1 Kings 22:21-23, Matthew 8:29-31, Mark 1:24, Mark 1:34, Mark 5:9-13, Luke 4:33-35, Luke 8:28-32

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 4:4 - Hophni 1 Samuel 16:14 - evil spirit Job 22:30 - pureness Malachi 1:9 - will he Matthew 7:5 - first Matthew 8:33 - General Matthew 10:1 - he gave Matthew 17:16 - and they 2 Timothy 3:9 - their James 2:19 - the

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
Genesis 19:5
They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!"
Genesis 19:7
"Please, my brothers," he pleaded, "don't do such a wicked thing!
Genesis 19:8
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them whatever you want. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
Genesis 19:17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, "Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"
Genesis 19:22
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it." That is why the town was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the LORD out of the heavens.
Genesis 19:25
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
Genesis 19:27
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For He says: "In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the evil spirit answered and said,.... The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, add, "to them"; to the seven sons of Sceva:

Jesus I know; to be the Son of God and Messiah, and own that he has power of dispossessing spirits, of which there were many instances in the days of his flesh:

and Paul I know; and own to be a servant of the most high God, by whom miracles of this kind have been wrought:

but who are ye? you are not the disciples of Jesus, nor the servants of God, but the children of the devil, and have no power over us, but on the other hand are subject to us.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus I know - His power to cast out devils I know. Compare Matthew 8:29.

Paul I know - Paul’s power to cast out devils, Acts . Acts 19:12.

But who are ye? - What power have you over evil spirits? By what right do you attempt to expel them? The meaning is, “You belong neither to Jesus nor Paul, and you have no right or authority to at tempt to work miracles in the name of either.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 19:15. Jesus I know, and Paul I know — In the answer of the demoniac, the verb in varied: τον Ιησουν γινωσκω, και τον Παυλον επιϚαμαι· ὑμεις δε τινες (τινος) εϚε. I acknowledge Jesus, and am acquainted with Paul; but of whom are ye? Ye belong to neither; ye have no authority. And he soon gave them full proof of this. This distinction is observed in my old MS. Bible: I have knowe Jesu, and I wote Poule; forsothe who ben yee.


 
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