Acts 19:35 — Acts 20:13

35 And the town clerk, having quieted the crowd, said, ¹Men of Ephesus, which of you men is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the image ²fallen from ^aZeus?

36 Since these things therefore cannot be disputed, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash;

37 For you have brought forth these men who are neither temple ^arobbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a matter against anyone, courts are being conducted and there are ^aproconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.

39 But if you seek after anything further, it shall be settled in the ¹legal assembly.

40 For indeed we are in danger of being charged with ^ainsurrection for today’s affair, since there is no reason for it; and with reference to it we will not be able to give an account concerning this disorderly gathering.

41 And when he had said these things, he ¹dismissed the assembly.

CHAPTER 20

1 And after the uproar had ceased, Paul, having sent for the disciples and having exhorted them, took leave of them and went off to go into ^1aMacedonia.

2 And when he had passed through those parts and had exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece,

3 And spent ¹three months there. And when a ^aplot was made against him by the ^bJews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he ²resolved to return through Macedonia.

4 And Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him, as well as ^aAristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians and ¹Gaius of ^bDerbe and ^cTimothy and the Asians, ^dTychicus and ^eTrophimus.

5 These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas.

6 And we sailed away from ^aPhilippi after the days of ^bUnleavened Bread and in five days came to them in ^cTroas, where we spent seven days.

7 And on the ^1afirst day of the week, when ²we gathered together to ^bbreak bread, Paul conversed with them since he was to go forth on the next day; and he extended his message until midnight.

8 And there were a considerable number of lamps in the ^aupper room where we were gathered together.

9 And a certain young man named Eutychus was sitting in the window and began to sink into deep sleep while Paul conversed longer; and when he had been overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.

10 But Paul went down and fell ^aupon him, and embracing him, he said, Do not make a commotion, for his soul is in him.

11 And when he had gone up and ^abroken the bread and ¹eaten and had spoken for a considerable time, until daybreak, he therefore went forth.

12 And they brought the boy alive and were comforted, and that not moderately.

13 But we, going ahead onto the ship, set sail for Assos, from there intending to pick up Paul, for so he had arranged it, himself intending to go by foot.

Acts 19:16 — Acts 19:34

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, subdued both of them, and overpowered them, so that they escaped out of that house naked and wounded.

17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling in Ephesus; and ^afear fell upon them all, and the ^bname of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

18 And many of those who had believed came, ^1aconfessing and making known their ²practices.

19 And a considerable number of those who practiced magic brought their books together and ¹burned them before all; and they counted up the price of them and found it to be fifty thousand ²pieces of silver.

20 ¹Thus, the word of the Lord ^agrew mightily and prevailed.

21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul ^1apurposed in his ²spirit to pass through ^bMacedonia and Achaia and ³go to ^cJerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also ^4dsee Rome.

22 And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ^aserved him, ^bTimothy and ¹Erastus, he himself ²stayed in Asia for a time.

23 And about that time no small ^adisturbance took place concerning the ^1bWay.

24 For a certain man named ¹Demetrius, a silversmith who ²made silver shrines of ³Artemis, afforded no little business to the craftsmen.

25 These he ¹assembled together with the workmen of similar trades as well and said, ²Men, you know that from this business we have our^aprosperity.

26 And you observe and hear that not only at Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and perverted a considerable number, saying that the gods being made by ^ahands are no gods at all.

27 And not only is there danger that our trade will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the ^agreat goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and that the magnificence of her whom the whole of Asia and the inhabited earth worships will also be overthrown.

28 And when they heard this, they became full of rage and began to cry out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!

29 And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, seizing ¹Gaius and ^aAristarchus of Macedonia, Paul’s traveling ^bcompanions.

30 And when Paul intended to enter into the populace, the disciples would not allow him.

31 And some of the ¹Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and entreated him not to venture into the theater himself.

32 So then some were ^acrying out one thing, and some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know for what cause they had come together.

33 And they drew ¹Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews having pushed him forward; and Alexander, ^amotioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the populace.

34 But when they realized that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, crying out, ^aGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!

Acts 18:21 — Acts 19:15

21 But taking leave of them and saying, I will come back to you again, God ^awilling, he put out to sea from Ephesus.

22 And coming down to Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the ^achurch and ¹went down to ^bAntioch.

23 And when he had spent some time there, he ¹went off, passing through the country of ^aGalatia and Phrygia in order, ^bconfirming all the disciples.

24 And a certain Jew named ^aApollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus, and he was powerful in the Scriptures.

25 This man was instructed in the ¹way of the Lord, and being ^afervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew ²only the ^bbaptism of John.

26 And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And when Priscilla and ^aAquila heard him, they took him to themselves and expounded the ^bway of God to him more accurately.

27 And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and ^awrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he arrived there, he helped much through ^1bgrace those who had believed;

28 For he vigorously confuted the Jews publicly, showing by the ^aScriptures that Jesus was the ^bChrist.

CHAPTER 19

1 Now while ^aApollos was in Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came down to ^bEphesus and found some disciples,

2 And he said to them, Did you ¹receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? And they said to him, On the contrary, we did ^2anot even hear whether there is a Holy Spirit.

3 And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into ^1aJohn’s baptism.

4 And Paul said, John baptized with a ^abaptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe into the One coming ^bafter him, that is, into Jesus.

5 And when they heard this, they were baptized ¹into the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And when Paul ^1alaid his hands on them, the Holy ^bSpirit came ²upon them, and they ³spoke in ^ctongues and ^dprophesied.

7 And there were in all about twelve men.

8 And he ¹entered into the ^2asynagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and ^bpersuading them in the things concerning the ^3ckingdom of God.

9 But when some were hardened and would not be persuaded, ^aspeaking evil of the ^1bWay before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of ²Tyrannus.

10 And this took place for ^atwo years, so that all those dwelling in ^bAsia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and ^cGreeks.

11 And God did ¹works of power of no ordinary kind through the ^ahands of Paul,

12 So that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his ^1abody to the sick, and their diseases left them, and the evil ²spirits ^bwent out.

13 But some of the Jewish ^aexorcists who also went about took it upon themselves to name over those who had evil spirits the ^bname of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.

14 And there were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, doing this.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know of, and with Paul I am acquainted; but who are you?

Acts 17:16 — Acts 17:34

16 And while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, ^ahis ¹spirit was provoked within him as he beheld that the city was ^2bfull of idols.

17 He reasoned therefore in the ^asynagogue with the Jews and the ^bdevout, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

18 And some of the ¹Epicurean and ²Stoic philosophers also confronted him. And some said, What would this ³babbler wish to say? And others, He seems to be an announcer of foreign ⁴deities — because he was ^aannouncing Jesus and the ^bresurrection as the gospel.

19 And they took hold of him and led him to the ^1aAreopagus, saying, May we know what this ^bnew teaching is which is being spoken by you?

20 For you are bringing ^astrange things to our ears. We intend to know therefore ¹what these things mean.

21 (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners sojourning there spent their time on nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

22 And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, ¹Men of Athens, I observe that in every way you ²very much revere your deities.

23 For while I was passing through and carefully observing the objects of your ^aworship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, To An UNKNOWN God. What therefore you worship ^bwithout knowing, this I announce to you.

24 The ¹God who ^amade the world and all things in it, this One, being ^bLord of heaven and earth, does ^cnot dwell in temples made with hands;

25 Neither is He served by human hands as though He needed anything in addition, since He Himself gives to all life and ^abreath and all things.

26 And He made from ¹one ^aevery nation of men to dwell on all the ^bface of the earth, determining beforehand their ²appointed seasons and the ^cboundaries of their dwelling,

27 That they might ^aseek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, even though He is ^1bnot far from each one of us;

28 For ¹in Him we live and move and are, as even some ²poets among you have said, For we are also ³His ⁴race.

29 Being then the race of God, we ought not to suppose that ¹what is divine is like ^agold or silver or stone, like an engraving of art and ²thought of man.

30 Therefore, having overlooked the ^atimes of ^bignorance, God now ¹charges all men everywhere to ^crepent,

31 Because He has set a ^1aday in which He is to ^bjudge the world in righteousness by the man whom He has designated, having furnished ²proof to all by ^craising Him from the dead.

32 And when they heard of a ^aresurrection of the dead, some ^bscoffed; and others said, We will hear you yet ^cagain concerning this.

33 Thus Paul went out from their midst.

34 But some men ^ajoined him and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the ^bAreopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.