14 When the seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, tried to do this,
15 the evil spirit said to them in reply, “Jesus I recognize, Paul I know, but who are you?”
16 The person with the evil spirit then sprang at them and subdued them all. He so overpowered them that they fled naked and wounded from that house.
17 When this became known to all the Jews and Greeks who lived in Ephesus, fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in great esteem.
18 Many of those who had become believers came forward and openly acknowledged their former practices.
19 Moreover, a large number of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in public. They calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand silver pieces.
20 Thus did the word of the Lord continue to spread with influence and power.