Bible verse
Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
Acts 19:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Acts 19.
11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
13 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
KJV
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
ASV
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
ERV
And the evil spirit answered and said unto them, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
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