Sceva
And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief
of the priests, which did so....
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Sceva, or Scevas, apparently related to the Greek word skeuos
meaning a vessel or implement, a Jew called a "chief priest"
(archiereus in Greek) in Acts 19:14 . There was no high priest
in Jerusalem by this name--some speculate that he was the head
of one of the twenty-four courses of the house of Levi. He had
seven sons, who in Ephesus "took ...
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se'-va (Skeua): A Jew, a chief priest, resident in Ephesus,
whose seven sons were exorcists (Acts 19:14 ff). Ewald
regards the name as being Hebrew shekhabhyah. He was not an
officiating priest, as there were only synagogues in Asia
Minor. He may have belonged to a high-priestly family, or
perhaps at one time he had been at the head of one of ...
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-A charlatan Jewish "exorcist" at Ephesus
Ac 19:13-17...
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a Jew residing at Ephesus at the time of St. Paul's second
visit to that town. Ac 19:14-16 (A.D. 52.)...
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an implement, a Jew, chief of the priests at Ephesus (Acts
19:13-16); i.e., the head of one of the twenty-four
courses of
the house of Levi. He had seven sons, who "took upon
them to
call over them which had evil spirits the name of the
Lord
Jesus," in imitation of Paul. They tried their method
of
exorcism on a fierce demoniac, and failed....
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A "chief priest", i.e. once having been high priest, or else
chief of the priests at Ephesus, or of one of the 24 courses.
His seven sons, Jews, exorcised demons in Jesus' name,
whereupon the demon-possessed leaped on two of them, and
prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house
naked and wounded: (Acts 19:14-16; the Sinaiticus, ...
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