Atos 19:14

14 E os que faziam isto eram sete filhos de Ceva, judeu, um dos principais sacerdotes.

Atos 19:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 19:14

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 would have been at Jerusalem, and not at Ephesus; though indeed it does not necessarily follow from the words, that Sceva himself was there, only his seven sons: however, no such name appears in the catalogue of the Jewish high priests, nor is it reasonable to think, that seven sons of an high priest should follow such a vagabond course of life: Beza's ancient copy only calls him "a priest"; and the Alexandrian copy reads his name, Sceuta, and the Ethiopic version omits it; it is the same with (hawko) , and signifies a spectator, or observer; see the Targum on ( 2 Samuel 13:34 ) ( Isaiah 21:6 ) .

which did so;
adjured the devils in the name of Jesus, to come out; at least they did so in one case, as follows.

Atos 19:14 In-Context

12 de sorte que lenços e aventais eram levados do seu corpo aos enfermos, e as doenças os deixavam e saíam deles os espíritos malignos.

13 Ora, também alguns dos exorcistas judeus, ambulantes, tentavam invocar o nome de Jesus sobre os que tinham espíritos malignos, dizendo: Esconjuro-vos por Jesus a quem Paulo prega.

14 E os que faziam isto eram sete filhos de Ceva, judeu, um dos principais sacerdotes.

15 respondendo, porém, o espírito maligno, disse: A Jesus conheço, e sei quem é Paulo; mas vós, quem sois?

16 Então o homem, no qual estava o espírito maligno, saltando sobre eles, apoderou-se de dois e prevaleceu contra eles, de modo que, nus e feridos, fugiram daquela casa.