So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
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Gill's Exposition
And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew,.... Who strolled about the country, and used exorcisms: and
chief of the priests; that were at Ephesus; not the high priest of the Jews, for he would…
Barnes' Notes
So that from his body - That is, those handkerchiefs which had been applied to his body, which he had used, or which he had touched. An instance somewhat similar to this occurs in the case of the…
Adam Clarke
Handkerchiefs or aprons - Σουδαρια η σιμικινθια, Probably the sudaria were a sort of handkerchiefs, which, in travelling, were always carried in the hand, for the convenience of wiping the face; and…
Paul is here very busy at Ephesus to do good.
I. He begins, as usual, in the Jews' synagogue, and makes the first offer of the gospel to them, that he might gather in the lost sheep of the house of…
Cambridge Bible
so that from his body were brought unto the sick In the oldest MSS. the verb signifies "to be carried away from." The Rev. Versionbrings out the meaning fully, and in a verse like this it is well to…