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John Gill's Exposition on Acts 19:14
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew, etc.] 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 hawks, and signifies a spectator, or observer; see the Targum on (<101334>2 Samuel 13:34, <232106>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.
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