Acts 19:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? ”

Acts 19:15 - Albert 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...
Acts 19:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Miracles, Exorcisms, Burning of Books of Magic. Peter's shadow cured the sick ( Acts 5:15 ); Paul's minor articles of clothing do the same, according to the widespread belief of antiquity in the in...
Acts 19:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

answered and said . App-122. know . Greek. ginosko. App-132. know . Greek. epistamai. App-132. In the English there is the Figure of speech Epistrophe., App-6, but not in the Greek
Acts 19:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1794 THE POWER OF CHRIST AND HIS GOSPEL Acts 19:15 . And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? GREAT effects are wrought by the Gospel, w...
Acts 19:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? Jesus I know, and Paul I know - In the answer of the demoniac, the verb in varied: τον Ιησουν γινωσκω, και τον Πα...
Acts 19:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the evil spirit answered— Not to insist on the demonstration arising from thepresent history, that this demoniac was not merely a lunatic, we may observe that the evil spirit, under whose opera...
Acts 19:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, х ginooskoo ( G1097 ) ... ep...
Acts 19:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesus 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23 ), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through...
Acts 19:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jesus I know, and Paul I know... — Better, Jesus I acknowledge. The two verbs are different in the Greek, the one implying recognition of authority, the latter, as colloquially used, though origi...
Acts 19:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Power of Jesus' Name Acts 19:13-29 Where God's spirit is mightily at work, Satan is not far away. Here the enemy's emissaries were mean enough to use the name of Jesus to get themselves a f...
Acts 19:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in it...
Acts 19:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. (9) But when divers were hardened, and believed not,...
Acts 19:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Acts 19:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? Ver. 15. Jesus I know, and Paul ] Jesus had destroyed his works, and Paul had felt his fingers, 2 Corinthian...
Acts 19:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists Dr. Whitby, and several other critics, have produced many passages from Irenæus, Origen, Epiphanius, and Josephus, to prove that several of the Jews, ab...
Acts 19:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not...
Acts 19:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Disgrace of the Exorcists. 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi...
Acts 19:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I acknowledge that Jesus hath power to command me to go hence; and I know that Paul, as his minister, hath authority over me; but what pretensions have ye to command me now? Though the devil is a lia...
Acts 19:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Continuing Ministry in Ephesus (19:8-20). Meanwhile we are reminded that Paul's' ministry continues in Ephesus in the proclamation of the Kingly Rule of God (compare Acts 1:3 ; Acts 8:12...
Acts 19:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 19:13 . Vagabond .— I.e. , wandering about, or strolling Jews, exorcists , by profession (compare Matthew 12:8 ). “They appear to have regarded Paul as one of their own c...
Acts 19:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:1 . Paul came to Ephesus, a city of Ionia, built by the Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now...
Acts 19:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul … came to Ephesus. --Ephesus was the third capital and starting point of Christianity At Jerusalem Christianity was born in the cradle of Judaism; Antioch had be...
Acts 19:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 19:1 Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through whi...
Acts 19:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The encounter with the exorcists:
Acts 19:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Acts 19:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 19:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 19:15 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Acts 19:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 19:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 19:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 19:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 19:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 19:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 19:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 19:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 19:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 19:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 19:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 19:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 19:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 19:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 19:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 19:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge