Acts 19:15

Simplified Cowboy Version

One time while they were doing their little song and dance, a demon spoke back to them and said, "I know Jesus. I've even heard of this cowboy named Paul. But you are neither of these!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul—but who are you?”

King James Version (1611)
And the euill spirit answered, and said, Iesus I knowe, and Paul I know, but who are ye?

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

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

New American Standard Bible
But the evil spirit responded and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know of Paul, but who are you?"

New Century Version
But one time an evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"

Amplified Bible
But the evil spirit retorted, "I know and recognize and acknowledge Jesus, and I know about Paul, but as for you, who are you?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"

Legacy Standard Bible
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"

Berean Standard Bible
Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but you, who are you?"

Contemporary English Version
when an evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus! And I have heard about Paul. But who are you?"

Complete Jewish Bible
and the evil spirit answered them. It said, "Yeshua I know. And Sha'ul I recognize. But you? Who are you?"

Darby Translation
But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?

Easy-to-Read Version
But one time an evil spirit said to these Jews, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the euil spirit answered, and said, Iesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know: but who are ye?

George Lamsa Translation
And the insane man answered and said to them, Jesus I recognize and Paul I know; but who are you?

Good News Translation
But the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul; but you—who are you?"

Lexham English Bible
But the evil spirit answered and said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?"

Literal Translation
But answering the evil spirit said, I know Jesus, and I comprehend Paul, but who are you?

American Standard Version
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

Bible in Basic English
And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?

Hebrew Names Version
The evil spirit answered, "Yeshua I know, and Sha'ul I know, but who are you?"

International Standard Version
But the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"

Etheridge Translation
And that evil demon answered and said to them, Jeshu I acknowledge, and Paulos I know; but who are you ?

Murdock Translation
And the evil demon answered and said to them: Jesus I well know, and Paul I know, but as for you, who are ye?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the euyll spirite aunswered, and sayde, Iesus I knowe, and Paul I knowe: but who are ye?

English Revised Version
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

World English Bible
The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But the evil spirit answering said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

Weymouth's New Testament
"Jesus I know," the evil spirit answered, "and Paul I have heard of, but who are you?"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the yuel spirit answeride, and seide to hem, Y knowe Jhesu, and Y knowe Poul; but who ben ye?

Update Bible Version
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am aware of, but who are you?

Webster's Bible Translation
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

New English Translation
But the evil spirit replied to them, "I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?"

New King James Version
And the evil spirit answered and said, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"

New Living Translation
But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, "I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?"

New Life Bible
The demon said, "I know Jesus. I know about Paul. But who are you?"

New Revised Standard
But the evil spirit said to them in reply, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But the wicked spirit. Answering, said unto them - Jesus, indeed, I am getting to know, and, Paul, I well-know, - but who are, ye?

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know: and Paul I know. But who are you?

Revised Standard Version
But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And the evyll sprete answered and sayde: Iesus I knowe and Paul I knowe: but who are ye?

Young's Literal Translation
and the evil spirit, answering, said, `Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye -- who are ye?'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The euell sprete answered, and sayde: Iesus I knowe, and Paul I knowe, but who are ye?

Mace New Testament (1729)
but the evil spirit said to them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?"

Contextual Overview

¹³A group of Jewish gypsies was going from town to town and claiming to cast demons out of people. They tried to imitate Paul in their little show and said, "By the power of Jesus, who Paul talks about, I'm ordering you to shuck out." ¹⁴These gypsies were the seven sons of a Jewish preacher named Sceva. ¹⁵One time while they were doing their little song and dance, a demon spoke back to them and said, "I know Jesus. I've even heard of this cowboy named Paul. But you are neither of these!" ¹⁶The demon-possessed man then lit into all seven of the men and whipped them like puppies. They barely escaped. They got out with their lives, but not without their clothes. ¹⁷Word of this spread like wildfire. Everyone living in Ephesus got real nervous, but the name of Jesus was held in high regard after that. ¹⁸A whole herd of folks who believed came forward and confessed their sins. They had finally realized this wasn't a game. ¹⁹Even some people who'd practiced witchcraft came forward and burned all their scrolls and books. The value of all the burned books and scrolls was several million dollars. ²⁰Because of this, God's message spread to the far corners of every pasture around there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Acts 16:17, Acts 16:18, Genesis 3:1-5, 1 Kings 22:21-23, Matthew 8:29-31, Mark 1:24, Mark 1:34, Mark 5:9-13, Luke 4:33-35, Luke 8:28-32

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 4:4 - Hophni 1 Samuel 16:14 - evil spirit Job 22:30 - pureness Malachi 1:9 - will he Matthew 7:5 - first Matthew 8:33 - General Matthew 10:1 - he gave Matthew 17:16 - and they 2 Timothy 3:9 - their James 2:19 - the

Cross-References

2 Corinthians 6:2
God said, "Just in the nick of time, I heard you cry out for help and I saved you."Now is the time to listen. Today is the day to be saved.

Revelation 18:4
Then another voice from heaven shouted, "Pop your dallies and get away from her! Don't partake in her sins; you don't want to share in the punishment she's got comin'.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus I know - His power to cast out devils I know. Compare Matthew 8:29.

Paul I know - Paul’s power to cast out devils, Acts . Acts 19:12.

But who are ye? - What power have you over evil spirits? By what right do you attempt to expel them? The meaning is, “You belong neither to Jesus nor Paul, and you have no right or authority to at tempt to work miracles in the name of either.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 19:15. Jesus I know, and Paul I know — In the answer of the demoniac, the verb in varied: τον Ιησουν γινωσκω, και τον Παυλον επιϚαμαι· ὑμεις δε τινες (τινος) εϚε. I acknowledge Jesus, and am acquainted with Paul; but of whom are ye? Ye belong to neither; ye have no authority. And he soon gave them full proof of this. This distinction is observed in my old MS. Bible: I have knowe Jesu, and I wote Poule; forsothe who ben yee.