KJV King James Version
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
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Acts 19:15
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
WEB World English Bible
The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
ASV American Standard Version
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the evil spirit, answering, said, ‘Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye—who are ye?’
Surrounding context — Acts 19
12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
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 out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀποκριθὲνG611 · apokrinōto answerδὲG1161 · dethenτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνεῦμαG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoπονηρὸνG4190 · ponērosevil/badεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦνG2424 · IēsousJesusγινώσκωG1097 · ginōskōto knowκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΠαῦλονG3972 · PaulosPaulἐπίσταμαι·G1987 · epistamaito know/understandὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouδὲG1161 · dethenτίνεςG5101 · tiswhich?ἐστέ;G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
Acts 16:17-18The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.Mark 5:9-13And he asked him, What [is] thy name? And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.Mark 1:34And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.Luke 4:33-35And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,Mark 1:24Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.Matthew 8:29-31And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?Luke 8:28-32When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.Genesis 3:1-5Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?1 Kings 22:21-23And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
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