14There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.


In Context

11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.

13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, |We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.|

14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

15 The evil spirit answered, |Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?|

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

Acts 19:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the priests, which did so.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:14Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, which did this.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14and there were certain — seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest — who are doing this thing;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.