Acts:19:1-41
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And it came to pass (
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that ,
while Apollos was (
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at Corinth ,
Paul having passed (
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through the upper coasts came (
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to Ephesus :
and finding (
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certain disciples ,
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He said (
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unto them ,
Have ye received (
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the Holy Ghost since ye believed (
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And they said (
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unto him ,
We have not so much as heard (
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whether there be any (
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Holy Ghost .
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And he said (
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unto them ,
Unto what then were ye baptized (
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And they said (
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Unto Johns baptism .
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Then said (
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Paul ,
John verily baptized (
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with the baptism of repentance ,
saying (
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unto the people ,
that they should believe (
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on him which should come (
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after him ,
that is (
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on Christ Jesus .
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When they heard (
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this ,
they were baptized (
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in the name of the Lord Jesus .
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And when Paul had laid his hands upon (
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them ,
the Holy Ghost came (
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on them ;
and they spake (
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with tongues ,
and prophesied (
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And all the men were (
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about twelve .
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And he went (
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into the synagogue ,
and spake boldly (
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for the space of three months ,
disputing (
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and persuading (
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the things concerning the kingdom of God .
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But when divers were hardened (
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and believed not (
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but spake evil (
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of that way before the multitude ,
he departed (
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from them ,
and separated (
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the disciples ,
disputing (
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daily in the school of one Tyrannus .
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And this continued (
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by the space of two years ;
so that all they which dwelt in (
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Asia heard (
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the word of the Lord Jesus ,
both Jews and Greeks .
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And God wrought (
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special (
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miracles by the hands of Paul :
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So that from his body were brought (
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unto the sick (
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handkerchiefs or aprons ,
and the diseases departed (
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from them ,
and the evil spirits went (
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out of them .
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Then certain of the vagabond (
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Jews ,
exorcists ,
took upon them (
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to call (
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over them which had (
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evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus ,
saying (
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We adjure (
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you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth (
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And there were (
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seven sons of one Sceva ,
a Jew ,
and chief of the priests ,
which did (
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so .
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And the evil spirit answered (
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and said (
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Jesus I know (
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and Paul I know (
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but who are (
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ye ?
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And the man in whom the evil spirit was (
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leaped (
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on them ,
and overcame (
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them ,
and prevailed (
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against them ,
so that they fled (
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out of that house naked and wounded (
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And this was (
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known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling (
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at Ephesus ;
and fear fell (
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on them all ,
and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified (
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And many that believed (
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came (
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and confessed (
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and shewed (
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their deeds .
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Many of them also which used (
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curious arts brought their books together (
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and burned them (
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before all men :
and they counted (
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the price of them ,
and found (
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it fifty thousand pieces of silver .
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So mightily grew (
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the word of God and prevailed (
5707 ).
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After these things were ended (
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Paul purposed (
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in the spirit ,
when he had passed through (
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Macedonia and Achaia ,
to go (
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to Jerusalem ,
saying (
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After I have been (
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there ,
I must (
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also see (
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Rome .
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So he sent (
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into Macedonia two of them that ministered (
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unto him ,
Timotheus and Erastus ;
but he himself stayed (
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in Asia for a season .
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And the same time there arose (
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no small stir about that way .
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For a certain man named Demetrius ,
a silversmith ,
which made (
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silver shrines for Diana ,
brought (
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no small gain unto the craftsmen ;
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Whom he called together (
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with the workmen of like occupation ,
and said (
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Sirs ,
ye know (
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that by this craft we have (
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our wealth .
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Moreover ye see (
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and hear (
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that not alone at Ephesus ,
but almost throughout all Asia ,
this Paul hath persuaded (
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and turned away (
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much people ,
saying (
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that they be (
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no gods ,
which are made (
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with hands :
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So that not only this our craft is in danger (
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to be set (
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at nought ;
but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised (
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and her magnificence should (
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be destroyed (
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whom all Asia and the world worshippeth (
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And when they heard (
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these sayings ,
they were (
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full of wrath ,
and cried out (
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saying (
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Great is Diana of the Ephesians .
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And the whole city was filled (
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with confusion :
and having caught (
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Gaius and Aristarchus ,
men of Macedonia ,
Pauls companions in travel ,
they rushed (
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with one accord into the theatre .
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And when Paul would (
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have entered (
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in unto the people ,
the disciples suffered (
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him not .
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And certain of the chief of Asia ,
which were (
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his friends ,
sent (
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unto him ,
desiring (
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him that he would not adventure (
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himself into the theatre .
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Some therefore cried (
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one thing ,
and some another :
for the assembly was (
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confused (
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and the more part knew (
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not wherefore they were come together (
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And they drew (
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Alexander out of the multitude ,
the Jews putting him forward (
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And Alexander beckoned (
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with the hand ,
and would (
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have made his defence (
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unto the people .
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But when they knew (
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that he was (
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a Jew ,
all (
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with one voice about the space of two hours cried out (
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Great is Diana of the Ephesians .
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And when the townclerk had appeased (
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the people ,
he said (
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Ye men of Ephesus ,
what man is there (
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that knoweth (
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not how that the city of the Ephesians is (
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a worshipper of the great goddess Diana ,
and of the image which fell down from Jupiter ?
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Seeing (
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then that these things cannot be spoken against ,
ye ought (
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to be (
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quiet (
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and to do (
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nothing rashly .
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For ye have brought hither (
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these men ,
which are neither robbers of churches ,
nor yet blasphemers (
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of your goddess .
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Wherefore if Demetrius ,
and the craftsmen which are with him ,
have (
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a matter against any man ,
the law is open (
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and there are (
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deputies :
let them implead (
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one another .
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But if ye enquire (
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any thing concerning other matters ,
it shall be determined (
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in a lawful assembly .
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For we are in danger (
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to be called in question (
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for this days uproar ,
there being (
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no cause whereby we may (
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give (
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an account of this concourse .
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And when he had thus spoken (
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he dismissed (
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the assembly .