Acts Chapter 19 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Acts 19:14

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

And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this.
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DARBY Acts 19:14

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

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

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

and there were certain -- seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest -- who are doing this thing;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - A chief priest for and chief of the priests, A.V.; this for so, A.V. A chief priest (ἀρχιερεύς); not, of course, in the sense of high priest, but in that wider sense of the word which comprised the chiefs of the twenty-four courses and the members of the Sanhedrim and all who had ever been high priests or who were of the kindred of the high priest (see Matthew 2:4; Matthew 16:21; Matthew 21:15; 23:45, etc.; Luke 9:22; Luke 19:47, etc.; Acts 4:23; Acts 5:24; Acts 9:14, 21, etc.). It is probable that the Eleazar mentioned in the preceding note was a priest, both from his name and because Josephus calls him one of his ὁμοφύλων, which may mean "fellow-tribesmen." The name Sceca occurs nowhere else, nor is its meaning or etymology at all certain. Some identify it with the Latin Scaera (Horace, 'Ep.,' 1. 17:1), "left-handed," l.q. Scaevola; or the Greek Scenes, a proper name in Appian. Simonis gives it an Aramean etymology.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests.--Better, a Jewish chief priest. The word might mean that he was at the head of one of the twenty-four courses into which the priests of the Temple were divided. (See Notes on Matthew 21:15; Luke 3:2.) It is hardly probable, however, that one in that position would have taken to this disreputable calling, and it seems more likely that the title itself was part of the imposture. He called himself a chief priest, and as such St. Luke, or Tyrannus, described him. The scene is brought vividly before us. The seven exorcists, relying partly, we may believe, in the mystical virtue of their number, stand face to face with a demoniac, frenzied and strong like the Gadarene of Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:3-4.