Acts 19:14

Acts 19:14

12 ^aso that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

13 ^aThen some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists ^btook it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying,¹ “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul ^cpreaches.”

14 Also there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”

16 Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,¹ overpowered them, and prevailed against² them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17 This became known both to all Jews and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus; and ^afear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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One Sceva - Sceva is a Greek name, but nothing more is known of him.

Chief of the priests - This cannot mean that he was high priest among the Jews, as it is wholly improbable that his sons would be wandering exorcists. But it denotes that he was of the sacerdotal order. He was a Jewish chief priest; a priest of distinction, and had held the office of a ruler. The word "chief priest," in the New Testament, usually refers to men of the sacerdotal order who were also rulers in the Sanhedrin.

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