Acts 19:1–12

Paul at Ephesus

¹It happened that while ^aApollos was at ^bCorinth, Paul passed through the ^cupper country and came to ^dEphesus, and found some disciples.

²He said to them, “^aDid you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, ^bwe have not even heard whether ¹there is a Holy Spirit.”

³And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “^aInto John’s baptism.”

⁴Paul said, “^aJohn baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people ^bto believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

⁵When they heard this, they were ^abaptized ¹in the name of the Lord Jesus.

⁶And when Paul had ^alaid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began ^bspeaking with tongues and ^cprophesying.

⁷There were in all about twelve men.

⁸And he entered ^athe synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them ^babout the kingdom of God.

⁹But when ^asome were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of ^bthe Way before the ¹people, he withdrew from them and took away ^cthe disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

¹⁰This took place for ^atwo years, so that all who lived in ^1bAsia heard ^cthe word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Miracles at Ephesus

¹¹God was performing ^aextraordinary ¹miracles by the hands of Paul,

^12aso that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and ^bthe evil spirits went out.