 However, it is more likely that he was an itinerant exorcist based on the use of the Greek term () "going from place to place" used in in relation to his so-called "sons".According to the book of Acts of the Apostles, he had seven sons who attempted to exorcise a demon from a man in the town of Ephesus by using the name of Jesus as an invocation.This practice is similar to the Jewish practice, originating in the Testament of Solomon, of invoking Angels to cast out demons.