Acts 19:13–17 · BSB
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.”
19:14
Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
19:15
But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
19:16
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.
19:17
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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