Mark 5:8

Context
5:8 (For Jesus¹ had said to him, “Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)²

Acts 19:12-16

Context
19:12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body³ were brought⁴ to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.⁵ 19:13 But some itinerant⁶ Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name⁷ of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by⁸ evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn⁹ you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named¹⁰ Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)¹¹ 19:15 But the evil spirit replied to them,¹² “I know about Jesus¹³ and I am acquainted with¹⁴ Paul, but who are you?”¹⁵ 19:16 Then the man who was possessed by¹⁶ the evil spirit jumped on¹⁷ them and beat them all into submission.¹⁸ He prevailed¹⁹ against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

[5:8] ¹tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:8] ²sn This is a parenthetical explanation by the author.

[19:12] ³tn Or “skin” (the outer surface of the body).

[19:12] ⁴tn Or “were taken.” It might be that as word went out into the region that since the sick could not come to Paul, healing was brought to them this way. The “handkerchiefs” are probably face cloths for wiping perspiration (see BDAG 934 s.v. σουδάριον) while the “aprons” might be material worn by workmen (BDAG 923-24 s.v. σιμικίνθιον).

[19:12] ⁵tn The words “of them” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[19:13] ⁶tn Grk “some Jewish exorcists who traveled about.” The adjectival participle περιερχομένων (periercomenwn) has been translated as “itinerant.”

[19:13] ⁷tn Grk “to name the name.”

[19:13] ⁸tn Grk “who had.” Here ἔχω (ecw) is used of demon possession, a common usage according to BDAG 421 s.v. ἔχω 7.a.α.

[19:13] ⁹sn The expression I sternly warn you means “I charge you as under oath.”

[19:14] ¹⁰tn Grk “a certain Sceva.”

[19:14] ¹¹sn Within the sequence of the narrative, this amounts to a parenthetical note by the author.

[19:15] ¹²tn Grk “answered and said to them.” The expression, redundant in English, has been simplified to “replied.”

[19:15] ¹³tn Grk “Jesus I know about.” Here ᾿Ιησοῦν (Ihsoun) is in emphatic position in Greek, but placing the object first is not normal in contemporary English style.

[19:15] ¹⁴tn BDAG 380 s.v. ἐπίσταμαι 2 has “know, be acquainted with τινά…τὸν Παῦλον Ac 19:15.” Here the translation “be acquainted with” was used to differentiate from the previous phrase which has γινώσκω (ginwskw).

[19:15] ¹⁵sn But who are you? This account shows how the power of Paul was so distinct that parallel claims to access that power were denied. In fact, such manipulation, by those who did not know Jesus, was judged (v. 16). The indirect way in which the exorcists made the appeal shows their distance from Jesus.

[19:16] ¹⁶tn Grk “in whom the evil spirit was.”

[19:16] ¹⁷tn Grk “the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them.” The participle ἐφαλόμενος (efalomeno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. L&N 15.239 has “ἐφαλόμενος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς ‘the man jumped on them’ Ac 19:16.”

[19:16] ¹⁸tn Grk “and beating them all into submission.” The participle κατακυριεύσας (katakurieusa") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style. According to W. Foerster, TDNT 3:1098, the word means “the exercise of dominion against someone, i.e., to one’s own advantage.” These exorcists were shown to be powerless in comparison to Jesus who was working through Paul.

[19:16] ¹⁹tn BDAG 484 s.v. ἰσχύω 3 has “win out, prevail…κατά τινος over, against someone Ac 19:16.”