19:1 And
it
happened
that
while
Apollos
was
at
Corinth,
Paul
passed
through
the
inland
country
and
came
to
Ephesus.
There
he
found
some
disciples.
19:2 And
he
said
to
them,
"Did
you
receive
the
Holy
Spirit
when
you
believed"
And
they
said,
"No,
we
have
not
even
heard
that
there
is
a
Holy
Spirit."
19:3 And
he
said,
"Into
what
then
were
you
baptized"
They
said,
"Into
John's
baptism."
19:4 And
Paul
said,
"John
baptized
with
the
baptism
of
repentance,
telling
the
people
to
believe
in
the
one
who
was
to
come
after
him,
that
is,
Jesus."
19:5 On
hearing
this,
they
were
baptized
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
19:6 And
when
Paul
had
laid
his
hands
on
them,
the
Holy
Spirit
came
on
them,
and
they
began
speaking
in
tongues
and
prophesying.
19:7 There
were
about
twelve
men
in
all.
19:8 And
he
entered
the
synagogue
and
for
three
months
spoke
boldly,
reasoning
and
persuading
them
about
the
kingdom
of
God.
19:9 But
when
some
became
stubborn
and
continued
in
unbelief,
speaking
evil
of
the
Way
before
the
congregation,
he
withdrew
from
them
and
took
the
disciples
with
him,
reasoning
daily
in
the
hall
of
Tyrannus.
19:10 This
continued
for
two
years,
so
that
all
the
residents
of
Asia
heard
the
word
of
the
Lord,
both
Jews
and
Greeks.
19:11 And
God
was
doing
extraordinary
miracles
by
the
hands
of
Paul,
19:12 so
that
even
handkerchiefs
or
aprons
that
had
touched
his
skin
were
carried
away
to
the
sick,
and
their
diseases
left
them
and
the
evil
spirits
came
out
of
them.
19:13 Then
some
of
the
itinerant
Jewish
exorcists
undertook
to
invoke
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
over
those
who
had
evil
spirits,
saying,
"I
adjure
you
by
the
Jesus
whom
Paul
proclaims."
19:14 Seven
sons
of
a
Jewish
high
priest
named
Sceva
were
doing
this.
19:15 But
the
evil
spirit
answered
them,
"Jesus
I
know,
and
Paul
I
recognize,
but
who
are
you"
19:16 And
the
man
in
whom
was
the
evil
spirit
leaped
on
them,
mastered
all
of
them
and
overpowered
them,
so
that
they
fled
out
of
that
house
naked
and
wounded.
19:17 And
this
became
known
to
all
the
residents
of
Ephesus,
both
Jews
and
Greeks.
And
fear
fell
upon
them
all,
and
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
was
extolled.
19:18 Also
many
of
those
who
were
now
believers
came,
confessing
and
divulging
their
practices.
19:19 And
a
number
of
those
who
had
practiced
magic
arts
brought
their
books
together
and
burned
them
in
the
sight
of
all.
And
they
counted
the
value
of
them
and
found
it
came
to
fifty
thousand
pieces
of
silver.
19:20 So
the
word
of
the
Lord
continued
to
increase
and
prevail
mightily.
19:21 Now
after
these
events
Paul
resolved
in
the
Spirit
to
pass
through
Macedonia
and
Achaia
and
go
to
Jerusalem,
saying,
"After
I
have
been
there,
I
must
also
see
Rome."
19:22 And
having
sent
into
Macedonia
two
of
his
helpers,
Timothy
and
Erastus,
he
himself
stayed
in
Asia
for
a
while.
19:23 About
that
time
there
arose
no
little
disturbance
concerning
the
Way.
19:24 For
a
man
named
Demetrius,
a
silversmith,
who
made
silver
shrines
of
Artemis,
brought
no
little
business
to
the
craftsmen.
19:25 These
he
gathered
together,
with
the
workmen
in
similar
trades,
and
said,
"Men,
you
know
that
from
this
business
we
have
our
wealth.
19:26 And
you
see
and
hear
that
not
only
in
Ephesus
but
in
almost
all
of
Asia
this
Paul
has
persuaded
and
turned
away
a
great
many
people,
saying
that
gods
made
with
hands
are
not
gods.
19:27 And
there
is
danger
not
only
that
this
trade
of
ours
may
come
into
disrepute
but
also
that
the
temple
of
the
great
goddess
Artemis
may
be
counted
as
nothing,
and
that
she
may
even
be
deposed
from
her
magnificence,
she
whom
all
Asia
and
the
world
worship."
19:28 When
they
heard
this
they
were
enraged
and
were
crying
out,
"Great
is
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians!"
19:29 So
the
city
was
filled
with
the
confusion,
and
they
rushed
together
into
the
theater,
dragging
with
them
Gaius
and
Aristarchus,
Macedonians
who
were
Paul's
companions
in
travel.
19:30 But
when
Paul
wished
to
go
in
among
the
crowd,
the
disciples
would
not
let
him.
19:31 And
even
some
of
the
Asiarchs,
who
were
friends
of
his,
sent
to
him
and
were
urging
him
not
to
venture
into
the
theater.
19:32 Now
some
cried
out
one
thing,
some
another,
for
the
assembly
was
in
confusion,
and
most
of
them
did
not
know
why
they
had
come
together.
19:33 Some
of
the
crowd
prompted
Alexander,
whom
the
Jews
had
put
forward.
And
Alexander,
motioning
with
his
hand,
wanted
to
make
a
defense
to
the
crowd.
19:34 But
when
they
recognized
that
he
was
a
Jew,
for
about
two
hours
they
all
cried
out
with
one
voice,
"Great
is
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians!"
19:35 And
when
the
town
clerk
had
quieted
the
crowd,
he
said,
"Men
of
Ephesus,
who
is
there
who
does
not
know
that
the
city
of
the
Ephesians
is
temple
keeper
of
the
great
Artemis,
and
of
the
sacred
stone
that
fell
from
the
sky
19:36 Seeing
then
that
these
things
cannot
be
denied,
you
ought
to
be
quiet
and
do
nothing
rash.
19:37 For
you
have
brought
these
men
here
who
are
neither
sacrilegious
nor
blasphemers
of
our
goddess.
19:38 If
therefore
Demetrius
and
the
craftsmen
with
him
have
a
complaint
against
anyone,
the
courts
are
open,
and
there
are
proconsuls.
Let
them
bring
charges
against
one
another.
19:39 But
if
you
seek
anything
further,
it
shall
be
settled
in
the
regular
assembly.
19:40 For
we
really
are
in
danger
of
being
charged
with
rioting
today,
since
there
is
no
cause
that
we
can
give
to
justify
this
commotion."
19:41 And
when
he
had
said
these
things,
he
dismissed
the
assembly.