King James Version
Acts 19:14 in the King James Version says “And there were seven sons of one Sceva , a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And there were seven sons of one Sceva , a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.”
Acts 19:14 · KJV
So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
And there were seven sons of one Sceva , a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“sons”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“and chief of the priests”
G749the high-priest (literally, of the jews; typically, christ); by extension a chief priest
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