Acts 19:13

Then certain of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, We command you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12So that handkerchiefs or aprons he had touched were brought to the sick, and diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

14There were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

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Cross References

Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said to him, I charge you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.

Mark 9:38And John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw someone casting out devils in your name, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.

Luke 11:19And if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:9-13

Paul at Ephesus. 8 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, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And God… Read the whole commentary →

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