Acts 19–20

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.

XX.And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him ^athe disciples, and ^bembraced them, and ^cdeparted for to go into ^dMacedonia. ²And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, ³and there abode three months: and ^ewhen the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into ^fSyria, he purposed to return through ^dMacedonia. ⁴And there accompanied him into ^gAsia Sopater of ^hBerea; and of the ⁱThessalonians, ^kAristarchus and Secundus; and ^kGaius of ^lDerbe, and ^mTimotheus; and of ^gAsia, ⁿTychicus and ^oTrophimus. ⁵These going before tarried for ^pus at ^qTroas. ⁶And we sailed away from ^rPhilippi after ^sthe days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to ^qTroas in five days; where we abode seven days. ⁷And upon ^tthe first day of the week, when ^athe disciples came together to ^ubreak bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. ⁸And there were many ^vlights in ^wthe upper chamber, where they were gathered together. ⁹And there sat in a ^xwindow a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third ^yloft, and was taken up dead. ¹⁰And Paul went down, and ^zfell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; ^afor his life is in him. ¹¹When he therefore was come up again, and had ^bbroken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. ¹²And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

¹³And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. ¹⁴And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and ^cthe next day we came to ^dMiletus. ¹⁶For Paul had determined to sail by ^eEphesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, ^fto be at Jerusalem ^gthe day of Pentecost. ¹⁷And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called ^hthe elders of the church. ¹⁸And when they were come to him, he said unto them,

Ye know, ⁱfrom the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me ^kby the lying in wait of the Jews: ²⁰and how ^lI kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, ^lbut have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, ^21mtestifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, ^norepentance toward God, and ⁿfaith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. ²²And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: ²³save that ^pthe Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, ^qsaying that bonds and afflictions abide me. ²⁴But ^rnone of these things move me, neither ^scount I my life dear unto myself, so that I might ^tfinish my course with joy, and ^uthe ministry, which I have received ^wof the Lord Jesus, to ^mtestify the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone ^xpreaching the kingdom of God, ^yshall see my face no more. ²⁶Wherefore I take you to record this day, that ^zI am pure from the blood of all men. ²⁷For ^aI have not shunned to declare unto you all ^bthe counsel of God. ^28cTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all ^dthe flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you ^eoverseers, ^dto feed the church of God, which he hath ^fpurchased ^gwith his own blood. ²⁹For I know this, that after my departing shall ^hgrievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰Also ⁱof your own selves shall men arise, speaking ^kperverse things, to draw away ^ldisciples after them. ³¹Therefore ^mwatch, and remember, that by the space of ⁿthree years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. ³²And now, brethren, I ^ocommend you to God, and to ^pthe word of his grace, which is able to ^qbuild you up, and to give you ^ran inheritance among all them which are sanctified. ^33sI have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or ^tapparel. ³⁴Yea, ye yourselves know, that ^uthese hands have ministered unto my necessities, and ^xto them that were with me. ³⁵I have shewed you all things, how that ^sso labouring …