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Verse Acts 19:13. _CERTAIN OF THE VAGABOND JEWS, EXORCISTS_]
Τινες απο των περιερχομενων Ιουδαιων
εξορκιϚων; _Certain of the Jews who went_ _about practicing
exorcisms_. _Vagabond_ has a very bad acc...
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THE VAGABOND JEWS - Greek: Jews going about -
περιερχομένων perierchomenōn. The word “vagabond”
with us is now commonly used in a bad sense, to denote “a vagrant; a
man who has no home; an idle, wor...
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CHAPTER 19
_ 1. The second visit of Paul to Ephesus. The twelve disciples of John
(Acts 19:1)._
2. The Apostle's continued labors. The separation of the disciples.
The Province Asia evangelized (Act...
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MIRACLES, EXORCISMS, BURNING OF BOOKS OF MAGIC. Peter's shadow cured
the sick (Acts 5:15); Paul's minor articles of clothing do the same,
according to the widespread belief of antiquity in the indirec...
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IN EPHESUS (Acts 19:1-7)
Acts 19:1-41 is mainly concerned with Paul's work in Ephesus. He
stayed longer there than anywhere else, almost three years.
(i) Ephesus (G2181) was the market of Asia Minor....
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Some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists tried naming the name of Jesus
over those who had evil spirits. They said, "I adjure you by Jesus
whom Paul preaches." There were seven sons of a certain Scaeva,...
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VAGABOND. roving. Greek. _perierchomai._ Only here, Acts 28:13; 1
Timothy 5:13.Hebrews 11:37. Compare Genesis 4:14.
EXORCISTS. Gr
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_Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists_ The best MSS. have "
AND _certain_ ALSO, &c." In addition to the real, though ignorant,
faith of the converts alluded to in Acts 19:12, some impostors, w...
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ὉΡΚΊΖΩ with אABDE. _Vulg_. ‘abjuro.’
13. ἘΠΕΧΕΊΡΗΣΑΝ ΔΈ ΤΙΝΕΣ ΚΑῚ ΤΩ͂Ν
ΠΕΡΙΕΡΧΟΜΈΝΩΝ ἸΟΥΔΑΊΩΝ ἘΞΟΡΚΙΣΤΩ͂Ν,
_and certain also of the Jews that went about as exorcists took upon
them_. In addition to th...
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PAUL PREACHES TO THE JEWS FIRST AND AFTERWARDS TO THE GENTILES. THE
WORD OF GOD PREVAILS MIGHTILY...
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_BOOKS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT WERE BURNED ACTS 19:11-20:_ God blessed Paul
with the power to work great miracles. Many sick people were healed
and evil sprits were cast out. Some vagabond Jews took it upon...
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VAGABOND JEWS, EXORCISTS,— Several of the Jews about this time
pretended to a power of casting out demons, particularly by some arts
and charms pretended to be derived from Solomon. Some of these
_str...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
Special Study
PAUL'S POWER TO GIVE CHARISMATIC POWER
(Acts 19:1-41)
A.
There is much ambiguous, scripturally-imprecise and confusing exegesis
of Acts 19:1-7 being done today.
1....
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13-17. It is difficult to imagine how men could witness miracles so
astonishing and not acknowledge the presence of divine power. We would
suppose that even atheism would be confounded in the presence...
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Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call
over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying,
We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
THEN CERTAIN OF...
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26 Apollos' ignorance of the ministry of the Lord and His twelve
apostles made it easy for him to receive the truth proclaimed through
Paul, so that he became a great help to the saints in Corinth as...
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EPHESUS
1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St.
Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23), approached
Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through Colos...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 19
PAUL IN EPHESUS, 19:1-10
V1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was travelling. He travelled
through the *province on the higher road. He arr...
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CERTAIN OF THE VAGABOND JEWS, EXORCISTS. — The men belonged to a
lower section of the class of which we have already seen
representatives in Simon of Samaria or Elymas of Cyprus. (See Notes on
Acts 8:...
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If we read καὶ after ἀπὸ (see critical note), it contrasts
the Jewish exorcists who endeavoured to gain this power with those
like St. Paul who really possessed it. περιερχ.:
“vagabond,” A.V., the wor...
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THE POWER OF JESUS' NAME
Acts 19:13
Where God's spirit is mightily at work, Satan is not far away. Here
the enemy's emissaries were mean enough to use the name of Jesus to
get themselves a few more s...
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The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached
Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He
had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in its...
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Magnifying Jesus' Name
God caused some great miracles to be worked through Paul. Even pieces
of cloth, like a handkerchief or apron, which had touched his body
could be placed on the body of the sick...
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(4) Then certain of the vagabond Jews, (f) exorcists, took upon them
to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
(4) Satan...
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The Jewish exorcists. Among the Jews were some, who by calling upon
the name of the true God, sometimes cast out evil spirits. But these
sons of Sceva seeing St. Paul cast out devils, by calling upon...
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The Jews always recognized demoniacal possessions and the feasibility
of their ejectment by the power of Jehovah. It is very clear from the
Scripture that the Jews availed themselves, ever and anon, o...
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And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of
three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the
kingdom of God. (9) But when divers were hardened, and believed not,...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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13.To the end it may more plainly appear that the apostleship of Paul
was confirmed by those miracles whereof mention was made of late, Luke
doth now teach that when certain did falsely pretend the...
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From Verse 24 of Chapter 18 to Verse 7 of Chapter 19 we have a kind of
summary of the progress made by the doctrine of Christ, and of the
power that accompanied it. Apollos knew only of the teaching o...
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THEN CERTAIN OF THE VAGABOND JEWS,.... Who strolled about from place
to place, pretending to tell fortunes, cure diseases by charms, and
dispossess devils by conjuration, and therefore are called as f...
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Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call
over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying,
We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Ver. 13. _Exorcis...
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_Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists_ Dr. Whitby, and several
other critics, have produced many passages from Irenæus, Origen,
Epiphanius, and Josephus, to prove that several of the Jews, abo...
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VAGABOND; wandering about from city to city in the exercise of their
juggling arts.
EXORCISTS; those who pretended, by repeating the name of God, and
performing certain ceremonies, to heal diseases a...
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THEN CERTAIN OF THE VAGABOND JEWS, EXORCISTS, TOOK UPON THEM TO CALL
OVER THEM WHICH HAD EVIL SPIRITS THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, SAYING,
WE ADJURE YOU BY JESUS WHOM PAUL PREACHETH....
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The encounter with the exorcists:...
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Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an
assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found
certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not e...
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THEN SOME OF THE ITINERANT JEWISH EXORCISTS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO
CALL THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OVER THOSE WHO HAD EVIL SPIRITS,
SAYING, " WE EXORCISE YOU BY THE JESUS WHOM PAUL PREACHES. "
1....
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"But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to
name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying,. adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth"But" In cont...
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13-20 It was common, especially among the Jews, for persons to
profess or to try to cast out evil spirits. If we resist the devil by
faith in Christ, he will flee from us; but if we think to resist h...
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VAGABOND JEWS; who wandered up and down, making it their trade and
livelihood; as jugglers amongst us. EXORCISTS; so called from their
obtesting the evil spirits in the name of God. Of these Josephus...
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13-17. It is difficult to imagine how men could witness miracles so
astonishing and not acknowledge the presence of divine power. We would
suppose that even atheism would be confounded in the presence...
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Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II
that is, the worshippers of God, adjured by whose name they
depart[221]...
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Acts 19:13 Then G1161 some G5100 of G575 itinerant G4022 (G5740)
Jewish G2453 exorcists G1845 themselves G2021 ...
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PAUL'S CONTINUING MINISTRY IN EPHESUS (19:8-20).
Meanwhile we are reminded that Paul's' ministry continues in Ephesus
in the proclamation of the Kingly Rule of God (compare Acts 1:3; Acts
8:12; Acts 1...
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‘But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took on
themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the
Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches”.'
Ephe...
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Acts 19:13. THEN CERTAIN OF THE VAGABOND JEWS, EXORCISTS, TOOK UPON
THEM TO CALL OVER THEM WHICH HAD EVIL SPIRITS. There were, as heathen
writers tell us, numbers of these Jews in various parts of the...
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OF THE STROLLING JEWS, EXORCISTS
(των περιερχομενων Ιουδαιων
εξορκιστων). These exorcists travelled around (περ) from
place to place like modern Gypsy fortune-tellers. The Jews were
especially addic...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Ephesus. Disciples of John the Baptist become
Christians. Paul in the synagogue and in the school of Tyrannus.
Paul's miracles. Uproar of the silversmiths.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
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Acts 19:1. _Paul came to Ephesus,_ a city of Ionia, built by the
Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the
world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now in...
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SOME JEWS. These were "professional exorcists" who made their living
by driving out evil spirits. _Justin Martyr_ says that most of these
Jewish exorcists had adopted the same superstitions and magic-...
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_While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul … came to Ephesus._
--Ephesus was the third capital and starting point of Christianity At
Jerusalem Christianity was born in the cradle of Judaism; Antioch had
been...
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_And he welt into the synagogue._
PAUL’S MINISTRY AT EPHESUS
I. Wonderful preaching.
1. Manner of the preaching.
(1) It was bold (Act 4:31; 2 Corinthians 7:4; Philippians 1:14).
(2) It was logical...
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_Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists._
SEVEN SONS OF SCEVA
A great spiritual revolution had taken place in Ephesus. At first Paul
found the twelve disciples without Christian knowledge beyon...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:13 ITINERANT JEWISH EXORCISTS. These persons
used extensive ceremonies and spoken formulas to try to free people
from the influence of evil spirits....
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 19:13. VAGABOND.—_I.e._, wandering about, or strolling JEWS,
EXORCISTS, by profession (compare Matthew 12:8). “They appear to
have regarded Paul as one of their own class, but...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 19:1
_Country _for _coasts, _A.V.; _found _for _finding, _A.V. and T.R. THE
UPPER COUNTRY (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland
districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through which St. Paul...
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And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth [watering what
Paul had planted], Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus; and there he found certain disciples [that no dou...
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1 Kings 22:16; 1 Samuel 14:24; Acts 8:18; Acts 8:19; Genesis 4:12;...
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Vagabond [π ε ρ ι ε ρ χ ο μ ε ν ω ν]. Lit., going about.
Rev., strolling.
Exorcists [ε ξ ο ρ κ ι σ τ ω ν]. Only here in New Testament.
The kindred verb, adjure, occurs Matthew 26:63, and means, origi...
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Exorcists — Several of the Jews about this time pretended to a power
of casting out devils, particularly by certain arts or charms,
supposed to be derived from Solomon. Undertook to name — Vain
undert...
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Here observe, 1. That we read not of any in the Old Testament that
were bodily possessed with devils and evil spirits: but, in the New
Testament, we meet with many both in our Saviour's time and also...