Acts 19
1 And it came to
pass, that, while
Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having
passed through the
upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 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. 3 And he
said unto them, Unto what then were ye
baptized?
And they
said,
Unto John's baptism. 4 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. 5 When they
heard this, they were
baptized in the
name of the
Lord Jesus. 6 And when
Paul had
laid his
hands upon them, the
Holy Ghost came on them; and they
spake with
tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the
men were about twelve. 8 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. 9 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 Tyrannus. 10 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. 11 And God wrought special miracles by the
hands of
Paul: 12 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. 13 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.
14 And there
were seven sons of one
Sceva, a
Jew, and chief of the
priests, which
did so. 15 And the
evil spirit answered and
said,
Jesus I
know,
and Paul I
know;
but who are ye? 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.
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.
18 And many that
believed came, and
confessed,
and shewed their deeds. 19 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. 20 So mightily grew the
word of
God and prevailed.
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. 22 So he
sent into Macedonia two of them that
ministered unto
him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he
himself stayed in Asia for a
season. 23 And the same time there
arose no small stir about that
way. 24 For a
certain man
named Demetrius, a
silversmith, which
made silver shrines for
Diana, brought no small gain unto the
craftsmen; 25 Whom he called
together with the
workmen of like
occupation, and said,
Sirs, ye
know that by this craft we
have our wealth. 26 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: 27 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.
28 And when they
heard these sayings, they
were full of
wrath, and cried
out,
saying,
Great is
Diana of the
Ephesians. 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
theatre. 30 And when Paul would have
entered in unto the
people, the
disciples suffered him not. 31 And certain of the chief of
Asia, which
were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he
would not adventure himself into the
theatre. 32 Some therefore cried one
thing, and some
another: for the
assembly was confused;
and the more
part knew not wherefore they were come
together.
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
defence unto the
people. 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. 35 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? 36 Seeing then that these
things cannot be spoken
against, ye ought to
be quiet,
and to
do nothing rashly. 37 For ye have brought
hither these men, which are
neither robbers of
churches, nor
yet blasphemers of
your goddess. 38 Wherefore if Demetrius, 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. 39 But if ye
enquire any
thing concerning other
matters, it shall be
determined in a
lawful assembly. 40 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. 41 And when he
had thus spoken, he
dismissed the
assembly.