Some itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
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11God did extraordinary miracles through Paul’s hands: 12even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his skin were carried to the sick, and their illnesses left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 13Some itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” 14Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize — but who are you?”