Acts 19
Paul at
Ephesus |
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And it came to pass, that, while Apol'los
was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,
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he said unto them, Have ye received the
Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so
much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
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And he said unto them, Unto what then
were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
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Then said Paul, John verily baptized with
the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should
believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ
Jesus. Mt. 3.11 · Mk. 1.4--0.8 · Lk. 3.4, 16 · Joh. 1.26, 27
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When they heard this, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And when Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues,
and prophesied.
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And all the men were about
twelve.
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And he went into the synagogue, and
spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading
the things concerning the kingdom of God.
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But when divers were hardened, and
believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he
departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in
the school of one Tyran'nus.
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And this continued by the space of two
years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the
Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
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And God wrought special miracles by the
hands of Paul:
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so that from his body were brought unto
the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from
them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
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Then certain of the vagabond Jews,
exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits
the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul
preacheth.
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And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did
so.
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And the evil spirit answered and said,
Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
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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.
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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.
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And many that believed came, and
confessed, and showed their deeds.
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Many of them also which 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.
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So mightily grew the word of God and
prevailed.
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After these things were ended, Paul
purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and
Achai'a, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must
also see Rome.
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So he sent into Macedonia two of them
that ministered unto him, Timothy and Eras'tus; but he himself
stayed in Asia for a season.
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The Riot at
Ephesus |
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And the same time there arose no small
stir about that way.
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For a certain man named
Deme'tri-us, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana,
brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
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whom he called together with the workmen
of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we
have our wealth.
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Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone
at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded
and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are
made with hands:
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so that not only this our craft is in
danger to be set at nought; 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 worshippeth.
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And when they heard these
sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
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And the whole city was filled with
confusion: and having caught Gai'us and Aristar'chus, men of
Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord
into the theater.
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And when Paul would have entered in unto
the people, the disciples suffered him not.
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And certain of the chief of Asia, which
were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would
not adventure himself into the theater.
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Some therefore cried one thing, and some
another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not
wherefore they were come together.
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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 unto the people.
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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.
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And when the townclerk had appeased the
people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that
knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of
the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down
from Jupiter?
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Seeing then that these things cannot be
spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing
rashly.
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For ye have brought hither these men,
which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your
goddess.
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Wherefore if Deme'tri-us, and the
craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law
is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one
another.
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But if ye inquire any thing concerning
other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful
assembly.
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For we are in danger to be called in
question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may
give an account of this concourse.
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And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed
the assembly.
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