Acts 19:15
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
KJV
ἀποκριθὲν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρὸν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, τὸν Ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν Παῦλον ἐπίσταμαι, ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνες ἐστέ;
Greek NT
Respondens autem spiritus nequam dixit eis : Jesum novi, et Paulum scio : vos autem qui estis ?
Vulgate
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
ASV
But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know: and Paul I know. But who are you?
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πονηρός
poneros
adjective · 77×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
verb · 233×
ἐπίσταμαι
epistamai
verb · 15×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτοῖς
- αὐτοῖς — SBLGNT
- αὐτοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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notable
SBLGNT: Τὸν | Treg/RP: Τὸν | WH/NIV: + μὲν
- Τὸν — SBLGNT
- Τὸν — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- + μὲν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§434Jesus' Resurrection glorifies the name of the Saviour God, for from that time on it is the name of Jesus that fully manifests the supreme power of the "name which is above every name".27 The evil spirits fear his name; in his name his disciples perform miracles, for the Father grants all they ask in this name.28
Cross-references
- 1Sam 16:14 — But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
- Acts 16:17 — The 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.
- Gen 3:1 — Now 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?
- Jas 2:19 — Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
- Luke 4:33 — And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
- Luke 8:28 — When 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.
- Mark 1:24 — Saying, 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.
- Mark 1:34 — And 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.
- Mark 5:9 — And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- Matt 8:29 — And, 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?