1.While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul took the rord through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2.and asked them, "Did you received the Holy Spirit when you believed?"
3.They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."
3.So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you receive?"
"John's baptism," they replied.
4.Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus."
5.On hearing this, they were baptised into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6.When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7.There were about twelve men in all.
8.Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months. arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
9.But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them.
He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
10.This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lives in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
11.God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
12.so that even handkerchief and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
13.Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, "In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preachs, I command you to come out."
14.Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15.One day the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"
16.Then the man had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17.When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18.Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds.
19.A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
20.In this the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
21.After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. "After I have been there," he said, "I must visit Rome also."
22.He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonis, While he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.
23.About that time there a great disturbance about the Way.
24.A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in no little business for the craftsmen.
25.He called them together, along with work- men in related trades, and said: "Men, you know we received a good income from this business.
26.And you see and hear now this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia.
He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
27.There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, wll be robbed of her divine majesty."
28.When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
29.Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions from Macedonis, and rushed as one man into the theater.
30.Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him,
31.Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message
begging him not to venture into the theater.
32.The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.
33.The Jew pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd shouted instructions to him. He motined for silence in order to make a defence before the people.
34.But when they reslized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
35.The City clerk quieted the crowd and said: "Men of Ephesus, doesn't all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
36.Therefore, since this facts are undeniable, you ought be quiet and not do anything rash.
37.You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.
38.If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a grievance against anybody, the courts are openand there are proconsuls. They can press charges.
39.If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
40.As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting bacause of today's events. In commotion, since there is no reason for it."
41.After he had said this, he dismissed the assemly.
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