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The seven sons of Sceva, and the books burned by those who practiced magical arts

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Acts 19:13–20: some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, take on themselves to invoke over those who have the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” There are seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who do this. The evil spirit answers, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?” The man in whom the evil spirit is leaps on them, overpowers them, and prevails against them, so that they flee out of that house naked and wounded. This becomes known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who live at Ephesus. Fear falls on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus is magnified. Many also of those who had believed come, confessing and declaring their deeds. Many of those who practiced magical arts bring their books together and burn them in the sight of all. They count their price, and find it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grows and becomes mighty.

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ACT 19:13–20, engwebp
¹³But 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.”
¹⁴There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
¹⁵The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
¹⁶The 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.
¹⁷This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
¹⁸Many also of those who had believed came, confessing and declaring their deeds.
¹⁹Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
²⁰So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
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The seven sons of Sceva, and the books burned by those who practiced magical arts — Narrated location — Ephesus

Evidence: Acts 19:13–20

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Current wording: Acts 19:13–20: some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, take on themselves to invoke over those who have the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” There are seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who do this. The evil spirit answers, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?” The man in whom the evil spirit is leaps on them, overpowers them, and prevails against them, so that they flee out of that house naked and wounded. This becomes known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who live at Ephesus. Fear falls on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus is magnified. Many also of those who had believed come, confessing and declaring their deeds. Many of those who practiced magical arts bring their books together and burn them in the sight of all. They count their price, and find it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word of the Lord grows and becomes mighty.
Cited evidence: ACT 19:13–20, engwebp
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