vagabond. roving. Greek. perierchomai. Only here, Acts 28:13; 1 Timothy 5:13.Hebrews 11:37. Compare Genesis 4:14.
exorcists. Greek. exorkistes. Only here. The verb exorkizo, to adjure, only in Matthew 26:63.
took upon them. took in hand. Greek. epicheireo. See note on Acts 9:29.
call... the name. name.
over. Greek. epi. App-104. To get control over. demon, it was necessary to know its name (compare Mark 5:9) or to invoke the name of. superior power or spirit. Josephus (Antiquities VIII. ii. 5) relates how an exorcist, named Eleazar, when expelling. demon in the presence of Vespasian, invoked the name of Solomon. The great magical Papyrus of the third century, in the Bibliotheque Nationale of Paris, gives spells in which the names of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of Jesus, God of the Hebrews, are used.
We. The texts read "I".
adjure. Greek. orkizo. This is the formula for casting out. demon in the above-named Papyrus, where exorkizo also is found.
preacheth. Greek. kerusso. App-121.