Acts 19:1–12

Paul at Ephesus

19And it happened, while ^aApollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through ^bthe upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples ²he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”

So they said to him, ^c“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

³And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”

So they said, ^d“Into John’s baptism.”

⁴Then Paul said, ^e“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”

⁵When they heard this, they were baptized ^fin the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when Paul had ^glaid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ^hthey spoke with tongues and prophesied. ⁷Now the men were about twelve in all.

⁸ⁱAnd he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading ^jconcerning the things of the kingdom of God. ⁹But ^kwhen some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil ^lof the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰And ^mthis continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

Miracles Glorify Christ

¹¹Now ⁿGod worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, ^12oso that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.