ACTS 19:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.”
Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done — The confessional movement represents genuine metanoia (repentance with behavioral amendment): believers voluntarily expose prior sinful practices.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:16
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Acts 19:14-16 They did it in secret: then their impotence is publicly exposed. (f) Then not the Name does anything, unless it be spoken with faith.…
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