1And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came down to Ephesus, and found certain disciples: 2and he said to them, Did you{+} receive the Holy Spirit when you{+} believed? And they [said] to him, No, we did not even hear whether the Holy Spirit was [given]. 3And he said, Into what then were you{+} baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism. 4And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him who should come after him, that is, on Jesus. 5And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. 7And they were in all about twelve men. 8And he entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, reasoning and persuading [as to] the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10And this continued for the space of two years; so that all those who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. 11And God did special miracles by the hands of Paul: 12insomuch that to the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the evil spirits went out. 13But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took on them to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you{+} by Jesus whom Paul preaches. 14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. 15And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am aware of, but who are you{+}? 16And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their activities. 19And not a few of those who participated in magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it was $1 Million. 20So, by the power of the Lord, the word kept spreading and growing stronger. 21Now after these things had 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. 22And having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself remained in Asia for a while. 23And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way. 24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen; 25whom he gathered together, with the workers of like occupation, and said, Sirs, you{+} know that by this business we have our wealth. 26And you{+} see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands: 27and not only is there danger that this trade of ours come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worships. 28And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesus. 29And the city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's travel companions. 30And when Paul was minded to enter in to the people, the disciples did not allow him. 31And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and implored him not to adventure himself into the theatre. 32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and most didn't know why they had come together. 33And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defense to the people. 34But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. 35And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he says, Men, Ephesians, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter? 36Seeing then that these things can't be opposed, you{+} ought to be quiet, and to participate in nothing rash. 37For you{+} have brought [here] these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess. 38If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen who are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another. 39But if you{+} seek after something more, it will be settled in the regular assembly. 40For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause [for it]: and as concerning it we will not be able to give account of this concourse. And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.