Apostelgeschichte 19:13

13 Es unterwanden sich aber etliche der umherziehenden Juden, die da Beschwörer waren, den namen des HERRN Jesus zu nennen über die da böse Geister hatten, und sprachen: Wir beschwören euch bei dem Jesus den Paulus predigt.

Apostelgeschichte 19:13 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 19:13

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 follows,

exorcists;
such there were among the Jews, as Justin Martyr observes {h}, who adjured by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: these

took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits, the name of
the Lord Jesus;
they imitated the Apostle Paul, and attempted to do as he did, using the same: name; hoping to get money or applause, or both, in this way; and it may be observed, that there were some who really did cast out devils in the name of Christ, who did not belong to him, ( Matthew 7:22 ) ( Mark 8:38 )

Saying, we adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth;
that is, to come out the bodies of those men which they had possessed: and the Jews made use of the name of Jesus for healing diseases; for it is said of one ^F9, that

``he swallowed something which almost choked him, and one came, and muttered to him in the name of Jesus ben Pandira, and he was well''

The Alexandrian copy, Beza's ancient one, and others, the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, read, "I adjure you"

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Dialog. cum Tryphon. p. 311.
F9 T. Hieros. Sabbat, fol. 14. 4. & Avoda Zara, fol. 40. 4.

Apostelgeschichte 19:13 In-Context

11 und Gott wirkte nicht geringe Taten durch die Hände Paulus,

12 also daß sie auch von seiner Haut die Schweißtüchlein und Binden über die Kranken hielten und die Seuchen von ihnen wichen und die bösen Geister von ihnen ausfuhren.

13 Es unterwanden sich aber etliche der umherziehenden Juden, die da Beschwörer waren, den namen des HERRN Jesus zu nennen über die da böse Geister hatten, und sprachen: Wir beschwören euch bei dem Jesus den Paulus predigt.

14 Es waren aber sieben Söhne eines Juden Skevas, des Hohenpriesters, die solches taten.

15 Aber der böse Geist antwortete und sprach: Jesus kenne ich wohl, und von Paulus weiß ich wohl; wer seid ihr aber?