John Gill's Exposition on Acts 19:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the man in whom the evil spirit was, etc.] Being agitated by him: leapt upon them; with great agility and force, and laid hold on them, and struggled with them, and beat and wounded them, and stripped them naked: and overcame them, and prevailed against them; the Alexandrian copy, Beza’s most ancient one, and some others, and the Vulgate Latin version read, “and overcame both”; as if only two of these seven sons had made this attempt, and were so used; though the Ethiopic version reads, “and overcame them all”; all the seven sons: so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded; having their clothes tore off, and their bodies beat and bruised.

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