Verse 14
Acts 19:14
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
Original Language Text
greek
ἦσαν δέ ⸀τινος Σκευᾶ Ἰουδαίου ἀρχιερέως ἑπτὰ ⸀υἱοὶ τοῦτο ποιοῦντες.
English Translation
There were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, doing this.
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Chapter 19 Context
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And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper countr...
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he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said unto him, Nay, we...
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And he said unto them, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism.
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And Paul said, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they...
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And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Yashua (Jesus).
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And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongue...
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And they were in all about twelve men.
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And he entered into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and per...
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But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he depar...
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And this continued for the space of two years; so that all they that dwelt in Asia heard the word of...
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And God (Elohim) wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
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insomuch that unto the sick were brought handkerchiefs or aprons from his body, and the diseases dep...
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But certain of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spi...
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And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
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And the evil spirit answered and said, Yashua (Jesus) I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
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And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping upon them and mastering them, prevailed against the...
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And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them a...
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Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.
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And not a few of them that practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in th...
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So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed.
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Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia...
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And having sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself...
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And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
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For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no littl...
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whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this...
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And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persu...
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and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of th...
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And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the E...
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And the whole city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theater,...
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And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
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And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure...
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Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more pa...
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And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews having put him forward. And Alexander beck...
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But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out...
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And when the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there wh...
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Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
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For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your god...
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If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the cour...
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But if ye seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
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For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause for it: a...
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And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
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