NET Bible
"(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)"
— Acts 19:14, NET 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, a chief priest, who did this. ”
“There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.”
“And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this.”
“And there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this.”
“And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.”
The Seven Sons of Sceva God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,
so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying,“I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)
But the evil spirit replied to them,“I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”
Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.