Acts 19:16 meaning and explanation

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.

Acts 19:16, Berean Standard Bible

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These seven sons of Sceva were itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to command an evil spirit by invoking Jesus as the power Paul preached, without believing in Jesus themselves. The spirit replied that it knew Jesus and knew of Paul but did not recognize them, and then the possessed man attacked them violently.

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