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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