Seven Sons of Sceva
Acts 19:14
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
- KJV
- And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
- WEB
- There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
- ASV
- And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
- LSV
- and there were certain—seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest—who are doing this thing;
- YLT
- and there were certain — seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest — who are doing this thing;
- DBY
- And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
- DRC
- And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this.
- GNV
- (And there were certaine sonnes of Sceua a Iewe, the Priest, about seuen which did this)
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Where the editions differ
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- NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version read τινος (“of a certain”); NA28, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τινές (“some”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οἱ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place υἱοὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: τινος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τινος; Robinson–Pierpont read τινες υἱοὶ.
- SBLGNT: υἱοὶ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read υἱοὶ; Robinson–Pierpont read οἱ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἦσαν δέ τινος Σκευᾶ Ἰουδαίου ἀρχιερέως ἑπτὰ υἱοὶ τοῦτο ποιοῦντες.
- RP2018
- Ἦσαν δέ τινες υἱοὶ Σκευᾶ Ἰουδαίου ἀρχιερέως ἑπτὰ οἱ τοῦτο ποιοῦντες.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἦσαν δέ τινες υἱοὶ Σκευᾶ Ἰουδαίου ἀρχιερέως ἑπτὰ οἱ τοῦτο ποιοῦντες.
- SCR1894
- ησαν δε τινες υιοι σκευα ιουδαιου αρχιερεως επτα οι τουτο ποιουντες
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
ScevaPresumptionLydia (1)John, Third Epistle ofAsiaCharmSuperstitionLaodiceans, Epistle to theEphesusEssenes
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