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Paul at Ephesus

It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

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The Holy Spirit Received at Ephesus

And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,

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He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

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he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].

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And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

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And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

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Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

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And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

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When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

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And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.

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And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.

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There were in all about twelve men.

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And all the men were about twelve.

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And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

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Paul Ministers in Ephesus

And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.

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But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

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But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

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This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

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And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

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Miracles at Ephesus

God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

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And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

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so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

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so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.

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But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

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The Sons of Sceva

And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

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Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

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And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

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And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

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But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?

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And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

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And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

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Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.

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And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.

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And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.

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Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

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Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

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The Riot in Ephesus

And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.

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And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.

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And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.

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About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way.

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And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

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For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen;

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For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;

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these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business.

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whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

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“You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

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and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.

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“Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

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Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

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When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

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The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

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And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

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And when Paul wanted to go into the assembly, the disciples would not let him.

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But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;

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Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater.

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and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

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So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.

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Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

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Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

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But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

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But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

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After quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

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And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?

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“So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.

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These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.

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“For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

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For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

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“So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against any man, the courts are in session and proconsuls are available; let them bring charges against one another.

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If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

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“But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the lawful assembly.

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But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

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“For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.”

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For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

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After saying this he dismissed the assembly.

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And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

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