Acts 18–19

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to ^aCorinth; ²and found a certain Jew named ^bAquila, born in ^cPontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife ^bPriscilla; (because that ^dClaudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. ³And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and ^ewrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. ⁴And he ^freasoned ^gin the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. ⁵And ^hwhen Silas and Timotheus were come from ⁱMacedonia, Paul was ^jpressed in spirit, and ^ktestified to the Jews that ^lJesus was Christ. ⁶And when they opposed themselves, and ^mblasphemed, ⁿhe shook his raiment, and said unto them, ^oYour blood be upon your own heads; ^pI am clean: ^qfrom henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. ⁷And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, ^rone that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. ⁸And ^sCrispus, the ^tchief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord ^uwith all his house; and many of ^athe Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. ⁹Then ^xspake the Lord to Paul in the night by ^ya vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: ¹⁰for ^zI am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. ¹¹And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹²And when Gallio was the ^adeputy of ^bAchaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and ^cbrought him to ^dthe judgment seat, ¹³saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to ^ethe law. ¹⁴And when Paul was now about to ^fopen his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked ^glewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should ^hbear with you: ¹⁵ⁱbut if it be a question of words and names, and of ^eyour law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. ¹⁶And he drave them from ^dthe judgment seat. ¹⁷Then all the Greeks took ^kSosthenes, the ^lchief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before ^dthe judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

¹⁸And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then ^mtook his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into ⁿSyria, and with him ^oPriscilla and ^oAquila: having ^pshorn his head in ^qCenchrea: for he had ^pa vow. ¹⁹And he came to ^rEphesus, and left them there: but he himself entered ^sinto the synagogue, and ^treasoned with the Jews. ²⁰When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; ²¹but ^mbade them farewell, saying, ^uI must by all means ^xkeep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, ^yif God will. And he sailed from ^rEphesus. ²²And when he had landed at ^zCesarea, and ^agone up, and saluted the church, he went down to ^bAntioch. ²³And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of ^cGalatia and ^dPhrygia ^ein order, ^fstrengthening all the ^gdisciples.

²⁴And a certain Jew named ^hApollos, born at ⁱAlexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to ^jEphesus. ²⁵This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being ^kfervent in the spirit, he spake and taught ^ldiligently the things of the Lord, knowing only ^mthe baptism of John. ²⁶And he began to ⁿspeak boldly in the synagogue: whom when ^oAquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and ^pexpounded unto him ^qthe way of God more ^lperfectly. ²⁷And when he was disposed to pass into ^rAchaia, the brethren wrote, ^sexhorting the disciples to ^treceive him: who, when he was come, ^uhelped them much which had believed through grace: ²⁸for he ^wmightily convinced ^xthe Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the ^yscriptures that ^zJesus was Christ.

XIX.And it came to pass that, while ^aApollos was at ^bCorinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to ^cEphesus: and finding certain disciples, ²he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard ^dwhether there be any Holy Ghost. ³And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto ^eJohn’s baptism. ⁴Then said Paul, ^fJohn verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that ^gthey should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. ⁵When they heard this, ^hthey were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when Paul had ⁱlaid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they ^jspake with tongues, and ^kprophesied. ⁷And all the men were about twelve. ⁸And he went ^linto the synagogue, and ^mspake boldly for the space of three months, ⁿdisputing and ^opersuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. ⁹But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of ^pthat way before the multitude, he departed ^qfrom them, and separated the ^rdisciples, ⁿdisputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ¹⁰And this continued by the space of ^stwo years; so that all they which dwelt in ^tAsia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. ¹¹And ^uGod wrought ^wspecial miracles by the hands of Paul: ¹²so that ^xfrom his body were brought unto the sick ^yhandkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and ^zthe evil spirits went out of them.

¹³Then certain of the vagabond Jews, ^aexorcists, ^btook 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. ¹⁴And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and ^cchief of the priests, which did so. ¹⁵And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? ¹⁶And the man in whom the evil spirit was leapt on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house ^dnaked and wounded. ¹⁷And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at ^eEphesus; and ^ffear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸And many that believed came, and ^gconfessed, and shewed their deeds. ¹⁹Many also of them 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 ^hpieces of silver. ²⁰So mightily ⁱgrew the word of God and prevailed.

²¹After these things were ended, Paul ^kpurposed in the spirit, ^lwhen he had passed through ^mnMacedonia and ^moAchaia, ^pto go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, ^qI must also see Rome. ²²So he sent into ⁿMacedonia two of ^rthem that ministered unto him, ^sTimotheus and ^tErastus; but he himself stayed in ^uAsia for a season. ²³And the same time there arose ^wno small stir about ^xthat way. ²⁴For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought ^yno small gain unto the craftsmen; ²⁵whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. ²⁶Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at ^eEphesus, but almost throughout all ^uAsia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that ^zthey be no gods, which are made with hands: ²⁷so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana ^ashould be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all ^hAsia and ^bthe world worshippeth. ²⁸And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. ²⁹And the whole city was filled with ⁱconfusion: and having ^ccaught ^dGaius and ^eAristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s ^fcompanions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. ³⁰And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the ^gdisciples suffered him not. ³¹And certain of the chief of ^hAsia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. ³²Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was ⁱconfused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. ³³And they ^kdrew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And ^lAlexander ^mbeckoned with the hand, and would have ⁿmade his defence unto the people. ³⁴But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. ³⁵And when the townclerk had ^oappeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? ³⁶Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be ^oquiet, and to do nothing ^prashly. ³⁷For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither ^qrobbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. ³⁸Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are ^rdeputies: let them ^simplead one another. ³⁹But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. ⁴⁰For we are in danger to be ^scalled in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse. ⁴¹And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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