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Acts 19:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. "

Acts 19:14

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12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.

15 The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”

16 The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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Acts 19:1

"While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples."

Acts 19:2

"He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”"

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"He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”"

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"Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”"

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"When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus."

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"When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied."

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