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Verse Acts 19:16. _AND THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS_, c.] Thus
we find that one man was more powerful than these _seven brothers_ so
that he stripped them of their upper garments, and beat and...
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LEAPED ON THEM - Several such instances are recorded of the
extraordinary power and rage of those who were possessed with evil
spirits, Mark 5:3; Mark 9:29; Luke 9:42....
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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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MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123.
LEAPED. Greek. _ephallomai._ Only here.
OVERCAME. having over powered. Greek. _katakcurieuo._ Here, Matthew
20:25.Mark 10:42; 1 Peter 5:3.
THEM. The t
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_And the man in whom the evil spirit was leapt on them_ With that
power, more than natural, so often displayed by madmen.
_and overcame them_ Here we have a singular variation from the texts
of the ol...
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ἈΜΦΟΤΈΡΩΝ for αὐτῶν with אABD. _Vulg_.
‘amborum.’
16. ἘΦΑΛΌΜΕΝΟΣ, _leaping upon_, with the power, more than
natural, so often displayed by madmen.
ΚΑΤΑΚΥΡΙΕΎΣΑΣ�, _having gained the mastery over both...
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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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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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See notes on verse 13...
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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.
AND THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL SPIRIT WA...
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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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AND THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS LEAPED ON THEM. — The
demoniacal possession brought with it, as in the case of the Gadarene,
the preternatural strength of frenzy, and the seven impostors (men...
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ἐφαλλόμενος; only here in N.T.; in LXX, 1Sa 10:6; 1 Samuel
11:6; 1 Samuel 16:13. κατακυρ.; only here in Luke; Matthew
20:25; Mark 10:42;...
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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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And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame
them, and (g) prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that
house naked and wounded.
(g) He prevailed against them, though...
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_“And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaping on them and
prevailing against them both, overcame them, so that they fled naked
and wounded from the house.”_ In this notable way the Holy Spirit
ut...
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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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_THE SEVEN SINS OF SCEVA_
‘They fled out of that house naked and wounded.’
Acts 19:16
There is a striking analogy between these circumstances and the
failure of Gehazi to bring back life to the son...
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16._The man running upon them. _That is attributed to the man which
the devil did by him. For he had not been able to do such an act of
himself, as to put to flight seven strong young men being woun...
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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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AND THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS,.... Being agitated by him:
LEAPT UPON THEM; with great agility and force, and laid hold on them,
and struggled with them, and beat and wounded them, and strip...
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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.
Ver. 16. _So that they fled out, &c._] _N...
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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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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....
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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 THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS LEAPED ON THEM, OVERPOWERED
THEM, AND PREVAILED AGAINST THEM, SO THAT THEY FLED OUT OF THAT HOUSE
NAKED AND WOUNDED.
1. The evil spirit possessing this man wa...
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"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"Leaped on them, and mastered both...
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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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LEAPED ON THEM, &C.; by the power of the evil spirit, which by the
permission of God did act in him, MATTHEW 8:28 MARK 5:4 LUKE 8:29.
Satan retains still his natural power, though he hath wholly lost...
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Acts 19:16 Then G2532 man G444 in G1722 whom G3739 evil G4190 spirit
G4151 was G2258 (G5713) leaped...
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‘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.'
The possessed man was then moved...
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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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Acts 19:16. AND THE MAN IN WHOM THE EVIL SPIRIT WAS LEAPED ON THEM,
AND OVERCAME THEM. Strong, like the poor man at Gadara (Mark 5:3-4),
whom no man could bind, because the chains and fetters had been...
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LEAPED ON THEM
(εφαλομενος επ' αυτους). Second aorist (ingressive)
middle participle of εφαλλομα, old verb to spring upon like a
panther, here only in the N.T.MASTERED
(κατακυριευσας). First aori...
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OVERCAME
The sons of Sceva sought to imitate a power to which they were
strangers, only to their own confusion. This striking witness from
another side caused fear to fall on all.
PREVAILED
(Luke 1...
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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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_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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_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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:15 Using the name of JESUS was not enough to
cast out evil spirits. True faith in Jesus was also necessary.
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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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Luke 8:29; Luke 8:35; Mark 5:15; Mark 5:3; Mark 5:4...
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Prevailed against [ι σ χ υ σ ε]. See on Luke 14:30; Luke 16:3....