Acts 19:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 19:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One Sceva - Sceva is a Greek name, but nothing more is known of him. Chief of the priests - This cannot mean that he was high priest among the Jews, as it is wholly improbable that his sons w...
Acts 19:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Miracles, Exorcisms, Burning of Books of Magic. Peter's shadow cured the sick ( Acts 5:15 ); Paul's minor articles of clothing do the same, according to the widespread belief of antiquity in the in...
Acts 19:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sons . Greek. huios. App-108. chief of the priests . a chief priest. Greek. archiereus. This word is only used in the Gospels, Acts, and Hebrews. It is used of the High Priest and priestly mem...
Acts 19:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests - The original Ιουδαιου αρχιερεως, dignifies a Jewi...
Acts 19:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests - head, probably, of one of the...
Acts 19:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesus 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23 ), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through...
Acts 19:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Acts 19:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Power of Jesus' Name Acts 19:13-29 Where God's spirit is mightily at work, Satan is not far away. Here the enemy's emissaries were mean enough to use the name of Jesus to get themselves a f...
Acts 19:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in it...
Acts 19:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. (9) But when divers were hardened, and believed not,...
Acts 19:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew ,.... Who strolled about the country, and used exorcisms: and chief of the priests ; that were at Ephesus; not the high priest of the Jews, for he woul...
Acts 19:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. Ver. 14. Seven sons of one Sceva ] All fathers, but especially ministers, should use all utmost care tha...
Acts 19:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists Dr. Whitby, and several other critics, have produced many passages from Irenæus, Origen, Epiphanius, and Josephus, to prove that several of the Jews, ab...
Acts 19:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not...
Acts 19:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Disgrace of the Exorcists. 13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi...
Acts 19:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

One of the chief of the twenty-four courses into which the priests were divided, 1 Chronicles 24:4 , or such as (according to the corruption of those times) had been high priests, and were laid as...
Acts 19:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul's Continuing Ministry in Ephesus (19:8-20). Meanwhile we are reminded that Paul's' ministry continues in Ephesus in the proclamation of the Kingly Rule of God (compare Acts 1:3 ; Acts 8:12...
Acts 19:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 19:13 . Vagabond .— I.e. , wandering about, or strolling Jews, exorcists , by profession (compare Matthew 12:8 ). “They appear to have regarded Paul as one of their own c...
Acts 19:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:1 . Paul came to Ephesus, a city of Ionia, built by the Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now...
Acts 19:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul … came to Ephesus. --Ephesus was the third capital and starting point of Christianity At Jerusalem Christianity was born in the cradle of Judaism; Antioch had be...
Acts 19:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 19:1 Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through whi...
Acts 19:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The encounter with the exorcists:
Acts 19:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 19:14

Acts 19:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 19:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 19:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 19:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 19:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 19:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 19:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 19:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 19:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 19:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 19:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 19:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 19:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 19:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 19:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 19:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 19:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge