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DAY 20
AC-18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom
when
Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and
expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
AC-18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the
brethren
wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was
come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
AC-18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that]
publicly,
showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
*AC-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,
AC-19:2 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.
AC-19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized?
And
they said, Unto John's baptism.
AC-19:4 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.
AC-19:5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name
of
the Lord Jesus.
AC-19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy
Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
AC-19:7 And all the men were about twelve.
AC-19:8 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.
AC-19:9 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.
AC-19:10 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.
AC-19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
AC-19:12 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.
AC-19:13 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.
AC-19:14 And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and]
chief of the priests, which did so.
AC-19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know,
and
Paul I know; but who are ye?
AC-19:16 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.
AC-19:17 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.
AC-19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed
their deeds.
AC-19:19 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.
AC-19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
AC-19:21 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.
AC-19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered
unto
him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a
season.
AC-19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that
way.
AC-19:24 For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith,
which
made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the
craftsmen;
AC-19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like
occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have
our
wealth.
AC-19:26 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:
AC-19:27 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.
AC-19:28 And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of
wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.
AC-19:29 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.
AC-19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people,
the
disciples suffered him not.
AC-19:31 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.
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