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Nowδέthere wereἦσανsevenἑπτὰsonsυἱοὶof a certainτινοςSceva,Σκευᾶa JewishἸουδαίουhigh priest,ἀρχιερέωςdoingποιοῦντεςthis.τοῦτο
Acts 19:14
Study it in the app“Now there were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish high priest, doing this.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:14, word by word
- there wereἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- sevenἑπτὰhepta
seven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appears- sonsυἱοὶhuioi
son
A son.
Where else “huioi” appears- ScevaΣκευᾶSkeua
Sceva
Sceva, a Jew of Ephesus called a chief priest, father of seven sons who were exorcists.
Where else “Skeua” appears- a JewishἸουδαίουIoudaiou
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiou” appears- high priestἀρχιερέωςarchiereōs
high priest
The chief of the priests; Jesus is that forever.
Where else “archiereōs” appears- doingποιοῦντεςpoiountes
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiountes” appears
Translation note
No high priest with that name is known; perhaps he was from one of the families of the high priests, or he gave himself that title.
The context
13But some also of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
14 · This verse (above)
15But the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I know Jesus, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
To study Acts 19 in a group
1. What it says
What did those in Ephesus who practiced magic do with their books? (vv. 18-20)
2. What it means
Why did Demetrius and the silversmiths stir up a riot against Paul? What really worried them? (vv. 23-27)
3. How I live it
The people of Ephesus gave up something costly to follow what they now believed (v. 19). What would you be willing to let go of to live more truthfully?