Albert Barnes Commentary Acts 19:14

"And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this." — Acts 19:14 (ASV)

One Sceva. Sceva is a Greek name, but nothing more is known of him.

Chief of the priests. arcierewv. This cannot mean that he was high priest among the Jews, as it is wholly improbable that his sons would be wandering exorcists. But it denotes that he was of the sacerdotal order.

He was a Jewish chief priest; a priest of distinction, and one who had held the office of a ruler. The word chief priest, in the New Testament, usually refers to men of the sacerdotal order, who were also rulers in the sanhedrim.