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Butδὲthe evilτὸ πονηρὸνspiritτὸ πνεῦμαansweredἀποκριθὲνandsaidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“I knowγινώσκωJesus,Τὸν ἸησοῦνandκαὶI am acquainted withἐπίσταμαιPaul,τὸν Παῦλονbutδὲwhoτίνεςareἐστέyou?”ὑμεῖς
Acts 19:15
Study it in the app“But the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:15, word by word
- the evilπονηρὸνponēron
evil
One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.
Where else “ponēron” appears- spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
evil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneuma” appears- answeredἀποκριθὲνapokrithen
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokrithen” appears- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- “I knowγινώσκωginōskō
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “ginōskō” appears- JesusἸησοῦνIēsoun
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsoun” appears- I am acquainted withἐπίσταμαιepistamai
understand
Understand, know.
Where else “epistamai” appears- PaulΠαῦλονPaulon
Paul
Paul: the Roman name of the apostle Saul; also Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus.
Where else “Paulon” appears- areἐστέeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears
The context
14Now there were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish high priest, doing this.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered both and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
To study Acts 19 in a group
1. What it says
What did those in Ephesus who practiced magic do with their books? (vv. 18-20)
2. What it means
Why did Demetrius and the silversmiths stir up a riot against Paul? What really worried them? (vv. 23-27)
3. How I live it
The people of Ephesus gave up something costly to follow what they now believed (v. 19). What would you be willing to let go of to live more truthfully?