Acts 19:16
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.
KJV
καὶ ἐφαλόμενος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ἐν ᾧ ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρὸν κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων ἴσχυσεν κατ’ αὐτῶν, ὥστε γυμνοὺς καὶ τετραυματισμένους ἐκφυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου ἐκείνου.
Greek NT
Et insiliens in eos homo, in quo erat dæmonium pessimum, et dominatus amborum, invaluit contra eos, ita ut nudi et vulnerati effugerent de domo illa.
Vulgate
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
ASV
And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
22 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐφαλόμενος — SBLGNT
- ἐφαλόμενος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐφαλλόμενος — Robinson-Pierpont
- ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς — SBLGNT
- ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄνθρωπος — Robinson-Pierpont
- κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων — SBLGNT
- κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καὶ κατακυριεύσαν αὐτῶν — Robinson-Pierpont
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
- Luke 8:29 — (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil
- Luke 8:34 — When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
- Mark 5:3 — Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: