19:1 And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth,
Paul having passed through the upper region, came to Ephesus;
and finding certain disciples,
19:2 He said to them, Have ye received the Holy Spirit since ye
believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard
whether there is any Holy Spirit.
19:3 And he said to them, Into what then were ye baptized? And
they said, Into John's baptism.
19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of
repentance, saying to the people, That they should believe on
him who should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
19:5 When they heard [this], they were baptized into the name of
the Lord Jesus.
19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy
Spirit came on them; and they spoke in languages, and
prophesied.
19:7 And all the men were about twelve.
19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the
space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God.
19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spoke
evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them,
and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of
one Tyrannus.
19:10 And this continued for the space of two years; so that all
they who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both
Jews and Greeks.
19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
19:12 So that from his body were brought to the sick,
handkerchiefs, or aprons, and the diseases departed from them,
and the evil spirits went out of them.
19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon
them to call over them who had evil spirits, the name of the
Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
19:14 And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva a Jew, [and]
chief of the priests, who did so.
19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and
Paul I know; but who are ye?
19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped on them,
and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they
fled out of that house naked and wounded.
19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also
dwelling at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all, and the name of
the Lord Jesus was magnified.
19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed
their deeds.
19:19 Many also of them who used curious arts, brought their
books together, and burned them before all [men]; and they
counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand
[pieces] of silver.
19:20 So mightily grew the word of God, and prevailed.
19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the
spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia, and Achaia, to go
to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see
Rome.
19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered to
him, Timothy and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a
season.
19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that
way.
19:24 For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silver-smith, who
made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain to the
artificers;
19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like
occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have
our wealth:
19:26 Moreover, ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but
almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned
away many people, saying, that they are no gods which are made
with hands.
19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at
naught; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana
should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed,
whom all Asia, and the world worshipeth.
19:28 And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of
wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the
Ephesians.
19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having
caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the
theater.
19:30 And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the
disciples suffered him not.
19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, who were his friends,
sent to him, desiring [him] that he would not adventure himself
into the theater.
19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the
assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not why they
had come together.
19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews
putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and
would have made his defense to the people.
19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice
about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the
Ephesians.
19:35 And when the town-clerk had appeased the people, he said,
[Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that
the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess
Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?
19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, ye
ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither
robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
19:38 Wherefore, if Demetrius and the artificers who are with
him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there
are deputies: let them implead one another.
19:39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it
shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this
day's uproar, there being no cause by which we may give an
account of this concourse.
19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
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