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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Sceva (Priest living at the time of the New Testament)
Acts calls him a chief priest. No high priest of that name appears in the records, so it probably means he stood high among the Jews of Ephesus.
Acts calls him a chief priest. No high priest of that name appears in the records, so it probably means he stood high among the Jews of Ephesus.
A Jew at Ephesus called a "chief priest," probably meaning he held high standing among the local Jewish community rather than an actual Jerusalem office, since no high priest of that name appears in contemporary records (Acts 19:13-16). His seven sons tried to imitate Paul's exorcisms by invoking the name of Jesus over a demon-possessed man, and the spirit turned on them instead, an episode Luke uses to contrast magical formulas with real apostolic authority.
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- Acts 19:14
