Hechos 19:13

13 Un grupo de judíos viajaba de ciudad en ciudad expulsando espíritus malignos. Trataban de usar el nombre del Señor Jesús en sus conjuros y decían: «¡Te ordeno en el nombre de Jesús, de quien Pablo predica, que salgas!».

Hechos 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.

Hechos 19:13 In-Context

11 Dios le dio a Pablo el poder para realizar milagros excepcionales.

12 Cuando ponían sobre los enfermos pañuelos o delantales que apenas habían tocado la piel de Pablo, quedaban sanos de sus enfermedades y los espíritus malignos salían de ellos.

13 Un grupo de judíos viajaba de ciudad en ciudad expulsando espíritus malignos. Trataban de usar el nombre del Señor Jesús en sus conjuros y decían: «¡Te ordeno en el nombre de Jesús, de quien Pablo predica, que salgas!».

14 Siete de los hijos de Esceva, un sacerdote principal, hacían esto.

15 En una ocasión que lo intentaron, el espíritu maligno respondió: «Conozco a Jesús y conozco a Pablo, ¿pero quiénes son ustedes?».