Albert Barnes Commentary Acts 19:16

"And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded." — Acts 19:16 (ASV)

Leaped on them. Several such instances are recorded of the extraordinary power and rage of those who were possessed with evil spirits. Mark 5:3; Mark 9:29; Luke 9:42.