Acts 19:15

15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?”

Acts 19:15 in Other Translations

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

15 But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?"

15 But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”

15 when the evil spirit talked back: "I know Jesus and I've heard of Paul, but who are you?"

15 And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?

15 But the evil spirit answered them, "I know Jesus, and I'm acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"

15 The evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize-but who are you?"

15 One day the evil spirit answered them, "I know Jesus. And I know about Paul. But who are you?"

Acts 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 19:15

And the evil spirit answered and said
The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, add, "to them"; to the seven sons of Sceva:

Jesus I know;
to be the Son of God and Messiah, and own that he has power of dispossessing spirits, of which there were many instances in the days of his flesh:

and Paul I know;
and own to be a servant of the most high God, by whom miracles of this kind have been wrought:

but who are ye?
you are not the disciples of Jesus, nor the servants of God, but the children of the devil, and have no power over us, but on the other hand are subject to us.

Acts 19:15 In-Context

13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?”

16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.