Acts 19:14

Moreover, seven sons of{Sceva, some Judean chief-consecrated[i.e. chief priest]}, have-been-being doing the-same.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13Moreover, some also of{the being-come-around Judean oath-out-ists[translit. "exorcists"]} hand-upon[i.e. undertake] to-be-name-izing upon the having the spirits, the evil, the name of{the Lord Jesus}, saying, "I-am-oath-izing you [by] the Jesus whom Paul is-proclaiming."

15Moreover, respond[ing], the spirit, the evil, says to{same}, "I-am-knowing the Jesus, and I-am-standing-self-upon[i.e. vouching for] the Paul; moreover, who[?] you[plural] are-being[?],"

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Matthew Henry on Acts 19:14-21

The Disgrace of the Exorcists. 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled… Read the whole commentary →

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