^19:13But some itinerant⁴¹ Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name⁴² of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by⁴³ evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn⁴⁴ you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

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Footnotes

41 Grk “some Jewish exorcists who traveled about.” The adjectival participle περιερχομένων (perierchomenōn) has been translated as “itinerant.”
42 Grk “to name the name.”
43 Grk “who had.” Here ἔχω (echō) is used of demon possession, a common usage according to ἔχω 7.a.α.
44 The expression I sternly warn you means “I charge you as under oath.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

NLTNew Living Translation

A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But some itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

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