Acts 19:16

Acts 19:16

14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,¹ overpowered them, and prevailed against² them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and ^afear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

18 And many who had believed came ^aconfessing and telling their deeds.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Leaped on them (efalomenov ep autouv). Second aorist (ingressive) middle participle of efallomai, old verb to spring upon like a panther, here only in the N.T.

Mastered (katakurieusav). First aorist (effective) active participle of katakurieuw, late verb from kata and kuriov, to become lord or master of.

Both (amfoterwn). Papyri examples exist where amfoteroi means "all" or more than "two" (Robertson, Grammar, p. 745). So here amfoteroi includes all seven. "Both" in old English was used for more than two.

So that (wste). Another example (verses Acts 19:10-11) of wste with the infinitive for result.

Naked (gumnouv). Probably with torn garments,

Wounded (tetraumatismenouv). Perfect passive participle of traumatizw, old verb to wound, from trauma (a wound). In the N.T. only here and Luke 20:12.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 19:16:**

Luke 20:12
Acts 8:9
Acts 19:23
Acts 23:8
Acts 25:7
James 2:15

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