Acts 19:14

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Acts 19:14

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jew, a high priest, were doing this.

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Acts 19

¹² so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

¹³ Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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

¹⁵ But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

¹⁶ Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

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