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Acts 19:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41

Acts 19:1 NIV

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples

Acts 19:2 NIV

and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Acts 19:3 NIV

So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied.

Acts 19:4 NIV

Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 19:5 NIV

On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Acts 19:6 NIV

When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

Acts 19:7 NIV

There were about twelve men in all.

Acts 19:8 NIV

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

Acts 19:9 NIV

But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 19:10 NIV

This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 19:11 NIV

God did extraordinary miracles through Paul

Acts 19:12 NIV

so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.

Acts 19:13 NIV

Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

Acts 19:14 NIV

Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

Acts 19:15 NIV

One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?”

Acts 19:16 NIV

Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

Acts 19:17 NIV

When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

Acts 19:18 NIV

Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.

Acts 19:20 NIV

In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

Acts 19:21 NIV

After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”

Acts 19:22 NIV

He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.

Acts 19:23 NIV

About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.

Acts 19:24 NIV

A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.

Acts 19:25 NIV

He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.

Acts 19:26 NIV

And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.

Acts 19:27 NIV

There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

Acts 19:28 NIV

When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:29 NIV

Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and all of them rushed into the theater together.

Acts 19:30 NIV

Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

Acts 19:31 NIV

Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.

Acts 19:32 NIV

The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.

Acts 19:33 NIV

The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people.

Acts 19:34 NIV

But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:35 NIV

The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

Acts 19:36 NIV

Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash.

Acts 19:37 NIV

You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.

Acts 19:38 NIV

If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They can press charges.

Acts 19:39 NIV

If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly.

Acts 19:40 NIV

As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.”

Acts 19:41 NIV

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

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