Acts 19:15

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Acts 19:15

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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?”

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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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WEB

World English Bible

The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

But answering, the evil spirit said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about; but you⁺, who are you⁺?”

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Acts 19

¹³ Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

¹⁴ Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

¹⁵ But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

¹⁶ Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

¹⁷ This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

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