Acts 19:15
but the wicked spirit answered them, “Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you – who are you?”
Open English Bible (US)
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 seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this;
Cross References
Genesis 3:1Now the snake was craftier than any other wild beast that the Lord God had made. It said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
Matthew 8:29Suddenly they shrieked out, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?”
Mark 1:34Jesus cured many who were ill with various diseases, and drove out many demons, and would not permit them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.
Luke 4:33In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of a foul demon in him, who called out loudly,
Acts 16:17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling, “These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to salvation.”
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 →