ACTS 19:1 And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,
ACTS 19:2 he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].
ACTS 19:3 And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.
ACTS 19:4 And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.
ACTS 19:5 And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.
ACTS 19:6 And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
ACTS 19:7 And all the men were about twelve.
ACTS 19:8 And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.
ACTS 19:9 But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
ACTS 19:10 And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
ACTS 19:11 And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
ACTS 19:12 so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.
ACTS 19:13 And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.
ACTS 19:14 And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.
ACTS 19:15 But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?
ACTS 19:16 And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
ACTS 19:17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
ACTS 19:18 And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.
ACTS 19:19 And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
ACTS 19:20 Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
ACTS 19:21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.
ACTS 19:22 And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.
ACTS 19:23 And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
ACTS 19:24 For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;
ACTS 19:25 whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,
ACTS 19:26 and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.
ACTS 19:27 Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.
ACTS 19:28 And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
ACTS 19:29 And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.
ACTS 19:30 But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;
ACTS 19:31 and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.
ACTS 19:32 Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.
ACTS 19:33 But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
ACTS 19:34 But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.
ACTS 19:35 And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?
ACTS 19:36 These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.
ACTS 19:37 For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
ACTS 19:38 If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
ACTS 19:39 But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.
ACTS 19:40 For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.
ACTS 19:41 And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.