Commentary
Old Testament : Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
![](images/minus.gif)
Text -- Acts 19:11-20 (NET)
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Strongs On/Off
Context
The Seven Sons of Sceva
19:11 God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands ,
19:12 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.
19:13 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 .”
19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named Sceva , a Jewish high priest , were doing this .)
19:15 But the evil spirit replied to them , “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul , but who are you ?”
19:16 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 .
19:17 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 .
19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward , confessing and making their deeds known .
19:19 Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone . When the value of the books was added up , it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins .
19:20 In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail .
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sceva |
Reasoning |
LYDIA (1) |
Paul |
Ephesus |
LAODICEANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
PASTORAL EPISTLES |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Asia |
CHARM |
Miracles |
Superstition |
Demons |
Sorcery |
DIVINATION |
Revivals |
Handkerchief |
Magic |
ENCHANTMENT |
more
![](images/cmt_minus_head.gif)
expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Act 19:11; Act 19:12; Act 19:12; Act 19:12; Act 19:13; Act 19:13; Act 19:13; Act 19:13; Act 19:14; Act 19:14; Act 19:15; Act 19:15; Act 19:15; Act 19:15; Act 19:16; Act 19:16; Act 19:16; Act 19:16; Act 19:17; Act 19:17; Act 19:17; Act 19:18; Act 19:18; Act 19:18; Act 19:19; Act 19:19; Act 19:19; Act 19:19; Act 19:19; Act 19:19; Act 19:20; Act 19:20; Act 19:20
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Act 19:14 Within the sequence of the narrative, this amounts to a parenthetical note by the author.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Act 19:15 But who are you? This account shows how the power of Paul was so distinct that parallel claims to access that power were denied. In fact, such manipul...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Act 19:18 Making their deeds known. Ephesus was a major pagan religious center with much syncretistic “magical” practice. Coming to Jesus changed th...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: Act 19:19 Or “fifty thousand silver drachmas” (about $10,000 US dollars). BDAG 128 s.v. ἀργύριον 2.c states...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)