Acts 19:16
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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.
Read Acts 19:16 Using Other Translations
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 was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked them with such violence that they fled from the house, naked and battered.
What does Acts 19:16 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Acts 19:16
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 stripped them
naked:
and overcame them, and prevailed against them;
the Alexandrian copy, Beza's most ancient one, and some others,
and the Vulgate Latin version read, "and overcame both"; as if
only two of these seven sons had made this attempt, and were so
used; though the Ethiopic version reads, "and overcame them all";
all the seven sons:
so that they fled out of that house naked and
wounded;
having their clothes tore off, and their bodies beat and bruised.
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