Dual Panel1While Apollos <625> was <1510> in <1722> Corinth <2882>, Paul <3972> went through <1330> the inland <510> regions <3313> and came <2064> to <1519> Ephesus <2181>. He <2532> found <2147> some <5100> disciples <3101> there
2and <5037> said <2036> to <4314> them <846>, “Did <1487> you receive <2983> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> when <4100> you believed <4100>?” They replied, “No, we have <191> not even <3761> heard <191> that there is <1510> a Holy <40> Spirit <4151>.”
3So <5037> Paul said <2036>, “Into <1519> what <5101> then <3767> were you baptized <907>?” “Into <1519> John’s <2491> baptism <908>,” they replied <3004>.
4Paul <3972> said <2036>, “John <2491> baptized <907> with a baptism <908> of repentance <3341>, telling <3004> the people <2992> to <2443> believe <4100> in the one who was to come <2064> after <3326> him <846>, that <5124> is <1510>, in <1519> Jesus <2424>.”
5When <191> they heard <191> this, they were baptized <907> in <1519> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>,
6and <2532> when <2007> Paul <3972> placed <2007> his hands <5495> on them <846>, the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> came <2064> upon <1909> them <846>, and <5037> they began to speak <2980> in tongues <1100> and <2532> to prophesy <4395>.
7(Now <1161> there were <1510> about <5616> twelve <1427> men <435> in all <3956>.)
8So <1161> Paul entered <1525> the synagogue <4864> and spoke out fearlessly <3955> for <1909> three <5140> months <3376>, addressing <1256> and <2532> convincing <3982> them about <4012> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>.
9But <1161> when <5613> some <5100> were stubborn <4645> and <2532> refused to believe <544>, reviling <2551> the Way <3598> before <1799> the congregation <4128>, he left <868> them <846> and took <873> the disciples <3101> with him, addressing <1256> them every <2596> day <2250> in <1722> the lecture hall <4981> of Tyrannus <5181>.
10This <5124> went <1096> on <1909> for two <1417> years <2094>, so <5620> that all <3956> who lived <2730> in the province of Asia <773>, both <5037> Jews <2453> and <2532> Greeks <1672>, heard <191> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962>.
11God <2316> was performing <4160> extraordinary <3756> <5177> miracles <1411> by <1223> Paul’s <3972> hands <5495>,
12so that <5620> when even handkerchiefs <4676> or <2228> aprons <4612> that had touched his <846> body <5559> were brought <667> to <1909> the sick <770>, their diseases <3554> left <525> them <846> and <5037> the evil <4190> spirits <4151> went out <1607> of them.
13But <1161> some <5100> itinerant <4022> Jewish <2453> exorcists <1845> tried to invoke <2021> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> over <1909> those who were possessed <2192> by evil <4190> spirits <4151>, saying <3004>, “I sternly warn <3726> you <5209> by Jesus <2424> whom <3739> Paul <3972> preaches <2784>.”
14(Now seven <2033> sons <5207> of a man <5100> named Sceva <4630>, a Jewish <2453> high priest <749>, were doing <4160> this <5124>.)
15But <1161> the evil <4190> spirit <4151> replied <611> <2036> to them <846>, “I know <1097> about Jesus <2424> and <2532> I am acquainted <1987> with Paul <3972>, but <1161> who <5101> are <1510> you <5210>?”
16Then <2532> the man <444> who <3739> was possessed <1510> by the evil <4190> spirit <4151> jumped <2177> on <1909> them <846> and beat <2634> them all into submission <2634>. He prevailed <2480> against <2596> them <846> so that <5620> they fled <1628> from <1537> that <1565> house <3624> naked <1131> and <2532> wounded <5135>.
17This <5124> became <1096> known <1110> to all <3956> who lived <2730> in Ephesus <2181>, both <5037> Jews <2453> and <2532> Greeks <1672>; fear <5401> came <1968> over <1909> them <846> all <3956>, and <2532> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> was praised <3170>.
18Many <4183> of those who had believed <4100> came forward <2064>, confessing <1843> and <2532> making <312> their <846> deeds <4234> known <312>.
19Large numbers <2425> of those who had practiced <4238> magic <4021> collected <4851> their books <976> and burned <2618> them up <2618> in the presence of <1799> everyone <3956>. When the value <5092> of the books <846> was added up <4860>, it was found <2147> to total fifty thousand <3461> <4002> silver coins <694>.
20In this way <3779> the word <3056> of the Lord <2962> continued to grow <837> in <2596> power <2904> and <2532> to prevail <2480>.
21Now after all these things <5023> had taken place <4137>, Paul <3972> resolved <4151> to go <4198> to <1519> Jerusalem <2414>, passing through <1330> Macedonia <3109> and <2532> Achaia <882>. He said <2036>, “After <3326> I have been <1096> there <1563>, I <3165> must <1163> also <2532> see <1492> Rome <4516>.”
22So <1161> after sending <649> two <1417> of his <846> assistants <1247>, Timothy <5095> and <2532> Erastus <2037>, to <1519> Macedonia <3109>, he <1907> himself <846> stayed on <1907> for a while <5550> in <1519> the province of Asia <773>.
23At <2596> that <1565> time <2540> a great <3756> <3641> disturbance <5017> took place <1096> concerning <4012> the Way <3598>.
24For <1063> a man <5100> named <3686> Demetrius <1216>, a silversmith <695> who made <4160> silver <693> shrines <3485> of Artemis <735>, brought <3930> a great deal <3756> <3641> of business <2039> to the craftsmen <5079>.
25He gathered <4867> these together <4867>, along with the workmen <2040> in similar trades <5108>, and said <2036>, “Men <435>, you know <1987> that <3754> our <2254> prosperity <2142> comes from <1537> this <3778> business <2039>.
26And <2532> you see <2334> and <2532> hear <191> that <3754> this <3778> Paul <3972> has persuaded <3982> and turned away <3179> a large <2425> crowd <3793>, not <3756> only <3440> in Ephesus <2181> but <235> in practically <4975> all <3956> of the province of Asia <773>, by saying <3004> that <3754> gods <2316> made <1096> by <1223> hands <5495> are <1510> not <3756> gods at all.
27There is danger <2793> not <3756> only <3440> that this <5124> business <3313> of ours <2254> will come <2064> into <1519> disrepute <557>, but <235> also <2532> that the temple <2411> of the great <3173> goddess <2299> Artemis <735> will <3195> be regarded <3049> as <1519> nothing <3762>, and <2532> she <846> whom <3739> all <3650> the province of Asia <773> and <2532> the world <3625> worship <4576> will suffer the loss <2507> of her <846> greatness <3168>.”
28When <191> they heard <191> this they became <1096> enraged <4134> <2372> and began to shout <2896>, “Great <3173> is Artemis <735> of the Ephesians <2180>!”
29The city <4172> was filled <4130> with the uproar <4799>, and the crowd rushed <3729> to <1519> the theater <2302> together <3661>, dragging <4884> with them Gaius <1050> and <2532> Aristarchus <708>, the Macedonians <3110> who were Paul’s <3972> traveling companions <4898>.
30But <1161> when Paul <3972> wanted <1014> to enter <1525> the public assembly <1218>, the disciples <3101> would <1439> not <3756> let <1439> him <846>.
31Even <1161> some <5100> of the provincial authorities <775> who were <1510> his <846> friends <5384> sent a message <3992> to <4314> him <846>, urging <3870> him <1438> not <3361> to venture <1325> into <1519> the theater <2302>.
32So then <3767> some <5100> were shouting <2896> one thing <243>, some another <243>, for <1063> the assembly <1577> was in confusion <4797>, and <2532> most <4119> of them did not <3756> know <1492> why <5101> they had met together <4905>.
33Some of the crowd <3793> concluded <4822> it was about Alexander <223> because the Jews <2453> had pushed <4261> him <846> to the front. Alexander <223>, gesturing <2678> with his hand <5495>, was wanting <2309> to make a defense <626> before the public assembly <1218>.
34But <1161> when <1921> they recognized <1921> that <3754> he was <1510> a Jew <2453>, they all <3956> shouted <2896> in unison <1520>, “Great <3173> is Artemis <735> of <2180> the Ephesians <2180>!” for <1909> about <5616> two <1417> hours <5610>.
35After the city secretary <1122> quieted <2687> the crowd <3793>, he said <5346>, “Men <435> of Ephesus <2180>, what <5101> person <444> is there <1510> who <3739> does <1097> not <3756> know <1097> that the city <4172> of the Ephesians <2180> is <1510> the keeper of the temple <3511> of the great <3173> Artemis <735> and <2532> of her image that fell from heaven <1356>?
36So <3767> because these <5130> facts <368> are <1510> indisputable, you <5209> must <1163> keep quiet <2687> and <2532> not <3367> do <4238> anything <3367> reckless <4312>.
37For <1063> you have brought <71> these <5128> men <435> here who are neither <3777> temple robbers <2417> nor <3777> blasphemers <987> of our <2257> goddess <2316>.
38If <1487> then <3767> Demetrius <1216> and <2532> the craftsmen <5079> who are with <4862> him <846> have <2192> a complaint <3056> against <4314> someone <5100>, the courts <60> are open and <2532> there are <1510> proconsuls <446>; let them bring <71> charges <1458> against one another <240> there.
39But <1161> if <1487> you want <1934> anything in addition <4008>, it will have to be settled <1956> in a legal <1772> assembly <1577>.
40For <1063> we are in danger <2793> of being charged <1458> with <4012> rioting <4714> today <4594>, since there is <5225> no <3756> cause <159> we can <1410> give <591> to explain <3056> this <3778> disorderly gathering <4963>.”
41After <2036> he had said <2036> this <5023>, he dismissed <630> the assembly <1577>.