Sceva

Sceva

Sceva, or Scevas, apparently related to the Greek word "skeuos" meaning a vessel or implement, a Jew called a "chief priest" ("archiereus" in Greek) in .There was no high priest in Jerusalem by this name--some speculate that he was the head of one of the twenty-four courses ofthe house of Levi. He had seven sons, who in Ephesus "took upon them tocall over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord
Jesus," in imitation of Paul. They tried their method of
exorcism on a fierce demon, and failed. His answer to themwas "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?" () This has been interpreted as, "The Jesus whom you invoke is Onewhose authority I acknowledge; and the Paul whom you name Irecognize to be a servant or messenger of God; but what sort ofmen are ye who have been empowered to act as you do by neither?"(Thomas Lindsay on the Acts of the Apostles.)


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