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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.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυμνός
gumnos
adjective · 15×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
κατακυριεύω
katakurieuo
verb · 4×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
πνεῦμα
pneuma
noun · 379×
πονηρός
poneros
adjective · 77×
τραυματίζω
traumatizo
verb · 2×
ἀμφότερος
amphoteros
adjective · 14×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐκφεύγω
ekpheugo
verb · 8×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐφάλλομαι
ephallomai
verb · 1×
ἰσχύω
ischuo
verb · 28×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐφαλόμενος | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐφαλόμενος | RP: ἐφαλλόμενος
  • ἐφαλόμενοςSBLGNT
  • ἐφαλόμενοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐφαλλόμενοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς | RP: ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄνθρωπος
  • ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺςSBLGNT
  • ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄνθρωποςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων | WH/Treg/NIV: κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων | RP: καὶ κατακυριεύσαν αὐτῶν
  • κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρωνSBLGNT
  • κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ κατακυριεύσαν αὐτῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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: