Acts 19:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 19:16

Mastered both of them for overcame them, A.V. and T.R. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:16

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:13-16

Acts 19:13-16. 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, about this time, pretended to a power of casting out devils, particularly by some arts or charms derived from Solomon. These men are called vagabond Jews, and exorcists, because they strolled through the countries of the Lesser Asia, practising that magic which was in such vogue... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:8-32

Ephesus and the surrounding region (19:8-22)After Paul had preached for three months in the synagogue, the Jews forced him out, so he went and taught in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He carried on his teaching work there for the next two years, during which the disciples took the message into the surrounding countryside (8-10). This activity seems to have resulted in churches being founded, without Paul’s help, in the towns of Colossae, Hierapolis and Laodicea (Colossians 2:1; Colossians 4:13),... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:16

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 texts read "them both". So it would seem only two of them were acting. and prevailed . Literally were strong. Greek. ischuo. See note on Acts 15:10 . wounded . Greek. traumatizo. Only here and Luke 20:12 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:16

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.Mastered both of them ... Apparently, only two of the seven brothers were involved in this episode, as indicated by the word "both." Their defeat was sudden, dramatic, and overwhelming. As Bruce said,They employed the name of Jesus in an attempt to imitate Paul's exorcism; but when they tried to use it, like an unfamiliar weapon... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:16

16. And the man in whom the evil spirit was—Mark the clear line of demarcation here between "the evil spirit which answered and said" and "the man in whom the evil spirit was." The reality of such possessions could not be more clearly expressed. leaped on them . . . so that they fled . . . naked and wounded—This was so appalling a testimony at once against those profane impostors and in favor of Paul and the Master whom he preached, that we wonder not that it spread to "all the Jews and Greeks... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:1-20

Paul’s ministry in Ephesus 19:1-20Luke’s account of Paul’s third missionary journey is essentially a record of Paul’s ministry in Ephesus, the city he probably tried to reach at the beginning of his second journey (cf. Acts 16:6). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:6-20

C. The extension of the church to the Aegean shores 16:6-19:20The missionary outreach narrated in this section of the book took place in major cities along the Aegean coastline that major Roman roads connected. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:13-20

The seven sons of Sceva 19:13-20The following incident throws more light on the spiritual darkness that enveloped Ephesus as well as the power of Jesus Christ and the gospel to dispel it. It also presents Paul as not only a powerful speaker (Acts 19:8-12) but also a powerful miracle worker. read more

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