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* And it came to pass , while Apollos was at Corinth , Paul , having passed through the upper districts , came to Ephesus , and finding certain disciples , * 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 ]. * And he said , To what then were ye baptised ? And they said , To the baptism of John . * 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 . * And when they heard that , they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus . * And Paul having laid [his ] hands on them , the Holy Spirit came upon them , and they spoke with tongues and prophesied . * And all the men were about twelve . * And entering into the synagogue , he spoke boldly during three months , reasoning and persuading [the things ] concerning the kingdom of God . * 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 . * And this took place for two years , so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord , both Jews and Greeks . * And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul , * 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 . * 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 . * And there were certain [men ], seven sons of Sceva , Jewish high priest , who were doing this . * But the wicked spirit answering said to them , Jesus I know , and Paul I am acquainted with ; but ye , who are ye ? * 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 . * 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 . * And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds . * 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 . * Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed . * 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 . * And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him , Timotheus and Erastus , he remained himself awhile in Asia . * And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way . * For a certain [man ] by name Demetrius , a silver-beater , making silver temples of Artemis , brought no small gain to the artisans ; * whom having brought together , and those who wrought in such things , he said , Men , ye know that our well-living arises from this work , * 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 . * 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 . * And having heard [this ], and being filled with rage , they cried out , saying , Great [is ] Artemis of the Ephesians . * 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 . * But Paul intending to go in to the people , the disciples suffered him not ; * and some of the Asiarchs also , who were his friends , sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre . * 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 . * 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 . * But , recognising that he was a Jew , there was one cry from all , shouting for about two hours , Great [is ] Artemis of the Ephesians . * 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 ? * These things therefore being undeniable , it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong . * For ye have brought these men , [who are ] neither temple-plunderers , nor speak injuriously of your goddess . * 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 . * But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters , it will be settled in the regular assembly . * 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 . * And having said these things , he dismissed the assembly .

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