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


In Context

11 mighty works also — not common — was God working through the hands of Paul,

12 so that even unto the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the sicknesses departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.

13 And certain of the wandering exorcist Jews, took upon them to name over those having the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, 'We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul doth preach;'

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

15 and the evil spirit, answering, said, 'Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; and ye — who are ye?'

16 And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them, and having overcome them, prevailed against them, so that naked and wounded they did flee out of that house,

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:14There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

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.