Acts 19:15
But one day an evil spirit responded, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
In Context
14The ones doing this were the seven sons of Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest.
Cross References
Genesis 3:1The serpent was more cunning than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. He asked Eve, “Did God really say that you can't eat fruit from every tree in the garden?”
Matthew 8:29They shouted out, “What have you got to do with us, you Son of God? Have you come to torture us before our time?”
Mark 1:34He healed many people who had various diseases, and threw out many demons. He did not permit the demons to speak, for they knew who he was.
Luke 4:33In the synagogue there was a man who was possessed by a demon. He cried out,
Acts 16:17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us around, shouting, “These men are the servants of Almighty God. They are telling you how to be saved!”
Matthew Henry on Acts 19:14-21
The Disgrace of the Exorcists. 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. 15 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… Read the whole commentary →