Acts 19:1-22 ▼

1 NOW it came to pass that during the time Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, after passing through the upper provinces, came to Ephesus; and finding certain disciples,

2 said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not even heard if the Holy Ghost is given .

3 And he asked them, Into what then were ye baptised? And they replied, Into John's baptism.

4 Then said Paul, John indeed baptised with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, That they should believe on him who was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.

5 Now when they heard it, they were baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And Paul laying on them his hands, the Holy Ghost came upon them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

7 And the men were in all about twelve.

8 And entering into the synagogue, he spake boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading the things that concern the kingdom of God.

9 And when some were hardened, and infidel, speaking evil of the way before the people, he withdrew from them, and separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

10 And this he did for two years; so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

11 And God wrought by the hands of Paul extraordinary miracles;

12 so that even from his skin there were brought handkerchiefs and aprons unto the diseased, and their disorders were chased from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

13 Then certain of the Jews, who went about as exorcists, attempted to make mention of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

14 And they were seven sons of Sceva a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

15 Then the evil spirit replied, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

16 And the man sprang upon them, in whom was the evil spirit, and getting the mastery over them, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17 And this was known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus: and fear fell on them all, and they magnified the name of the Lord.

18 And many of those who believed came, confessing and declaring their practices.

19 And many of those who practised magical arts brought the books, and burned them before all men; and they calculated the prices of them, and found them worth fifty thousand pieces of silver.

20 So mightily did the word of God increase and prevail.

21 Now when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, That after I have been there, I must see Rome also.

22 Then he dispatched into Macedonia two of those who attended upon him, Timothy and Erastus; while he himself continued a while longer in Asia.