The Acts chapter 13 to 19
Friday, March 18, 2016
The Acts Chapter 13 to 19
Day 33
Chapter 13
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain
prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and
Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch,
and Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost
said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on
them, they sent them away.
4 So they, being sent
forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia ;
and from thence they sailed to Cyprus
5 And when they were at Salamis
6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was
Bar-jesus
7 Which was with the
deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas
and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the
sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn
away the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled
with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
10 And said, O full
of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all
righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold,
the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and
thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there
fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead
him by the hand.
12 Then the deputy,
when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the
Lord.
13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came
to Perga in Pamphylia and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem
14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch
15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers
of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any
word of exhortation for the people, say on.
16
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel
17 The
God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when
they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he
them out of it.
18 And
about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
19 And
when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan
20 And
after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty
years, until Samuel the prophet.
21 And
afterward they desired a king and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man
of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22 And
when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom
also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man
after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
23 Of this
man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour,
Jesus
24 When
John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the
people of Israel
25 And
as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he.
But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy
to loose.
26 Men and
brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth
God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
27 For
they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor
yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have
fulfilled them in condemning him.
28 And
though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he
should be slain.
29 And
when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from
the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
30 But
God raised him from the dead
31 And he
was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem
32 And we
declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the
fathers,
33 God
hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus
again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee.
34 And as
concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to
corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One
to see corruption.
36 For
David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on
sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption
37 But he,
whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it
known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached
unto you the forgiveness of sins
39 And by
him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be
justified by the law of Moses.
40
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
41
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish for I work a work in your days, a
work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
42 And
when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these
words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
43 Now
when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in
the grace
of God.
44 And the next
sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
45 But when the Jews
saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things
which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and
Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should
first have been spoken to you but seeing ye put it from you, and judge
yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For so hath the Lord
commanded us, saying, I have set thee to
be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto
the ends of the earth.
48 And when the
Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord and as
many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the
region.
50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and
the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas,
and expelled them out of their coasts.
51 But they shook off the
dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
52 And the disciples
were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
Chapter 14
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together
into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of
the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made
their minds evil affected against the brethren.
3 Long time
therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the
word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
4 But the multitude
of the city was divided and part held with the Jews, and part with the
apostles.
5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and
also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone
them,
6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that
lieth round about
7 And
there they preached the gospel.
8 And
there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from
his mother's womb, who never had walked
9 The same
heard Paul speak who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith
to be healed,
10 Said
with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up
their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in
the likeness of men.
12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
because he was the chief speaker.
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city,
brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with
the people.
14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they
rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
15 And
saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with
you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the
living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are
therein
16 Who in
times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
17
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave
us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and
gladness.
18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people,
that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch
20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up,
and came into the city and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had
taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch
22 Confirming the
souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must
through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God
23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to
the Lord, on whom they believed.
24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to
Pamphylia.
25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down
into Attalia
26 And thence sailed to Antioch
27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church
together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened
the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
28 And there they abode long time with the disciples.
Chapter 15
And certain men
which came down from Judaea taught the
brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye
cannot be saved.
2 When therefore
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they
determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and
elders about this question.
3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed
through Phenice and Samaria
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem
5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which
believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them
to keep the law of Moses.
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of
this matter.
7 And when there had
been much disputing, Peter rose up,
and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God
made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the
gospel, and believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the
hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
9 And put no
difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why
tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our
fathers nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe
that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as
they.
12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to
Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among
the Gentiles by them.
13 And after they
had held their peace, James answered,
saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me
14 Simeon hath
declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a
people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
16
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which
is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up
17 That
the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom
my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned
to God
20 But
that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from
fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach
him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole
church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch
23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles
and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the
Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from
us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be
circumcised, and keep the law to whom we gave no such commandment
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to
send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell
you the same things by mouth.
28 For it
seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden
than these necessary things;
29 That ye
abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled,
and from fornication from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare
ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted
the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in
peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again
and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the
Lord, and see how they do.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname
was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed
from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they
departed asunder one from the other and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the
brethren unto the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria
and Cilicia , confirming the churches.
Chapter 16
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra
and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named
Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek
2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra
and Iconium.
3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters for they knew
all that his father was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the
decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were
at Jerusalem
5 And so were the churches established
in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now when they had
gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia ,
and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia ,
7 After they were
come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia
8 And they passing
by Mysia came down to Troas .
9 And a vision
appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia ,
and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia
10 And after he had
seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia
11 Therefore loosing from Troas ,
we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that
part of Macedonia
13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side,
where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women
which resorted thither.
14 And a certain
woman named Lydia , a seller
of purple, of the city of Thyatira
15 And when she was
baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to
be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she
constrained us.
16 And it came to
pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which
brought her masters much gain by soothsaying
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men
are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she
many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I
command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out
the same hour.
19 And when her
masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas,
and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them
to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our
city,
21 And teach
customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being
Romans.
22 And
the multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates rent off their
clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23 And
when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging
the jailor to keep them safely
24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made
their feet fast in the stocks.
25 And at
midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God and the prisoners
heard them.
26 And
suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison
were shaken and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands
were loosed.
27 And the keeper of
the prison awaking out of his sleep, and
seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed
himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28 But
Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm for we are all here.
29
Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down
before Paul and Silas,
30 And
brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And
they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house.
32 And
they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And
he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his,
straightway.
34 And when he had
brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing
in God with all his house.
35 And when it was
day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of
the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go
now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said
unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast
us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them
come themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants
told these words unto the magistrates and they feared, when they heard that
they were Romans.
39 And they came and
besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the
city.
40 And they went out
of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia
Chapter 17
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they
came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews
2 And Paul, as his
manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of
the scriptures,
3 Opening and
alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead;
and
that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you,
is Christ.
4 And some of them
believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great
multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them
certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the
city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them
out to the people.
6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain
brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world
upside down are come hither also;
7 Whom Jason hath received and these all do contrary to the
decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when
they heard these things.
9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other,
they let them go.
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by
night unto Berea
11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures
daily, whether those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women
which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word
of God was preached of Paul at Berea
14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it
were to the sea but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens
16 Now while Paul
waited for them at Athens
17 Therefore
disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in
the market daily with them that met with him.
18 Then certain
philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some
said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth
of strange gods because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took
him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new
doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20 For thou bringest
certain strange things to our ears we would know therefore what these things
mean.
21 (For all the
Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but
either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22 Then Paul stood
in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens
23 For as I passed
by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.
24 God
that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven
and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is
worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to
all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of
one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and
hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should
seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be
not far from every one of us
28 For in
him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets
have said, For we are also his offspring.
29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the
Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 And the times of
this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent
31 Because he hath
appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that
man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in
that he hath raised him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
mocked and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33 So Paul departed from among them.
34 Howbeit certain
men clave unto him, and believed among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite,
and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Chapter 18
After these things Paul departed from Athens ,
and came to Corinth
2 And found a certain Jew
named Aquila, born in Pontus ,
lately come from Italy , with his wife Priscilla; (because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to
depart from Rome
3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and
wrought for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded
the Jews and the Greeks.
5 And when Silas and
Timotheus were come from Macedonia
6 And when they
opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them,
Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean from henceforth I will go unto
the Gentiles.
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's
house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house
joined hard to the synagogue.
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house;
and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
9 Then
spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and
hold not thy peace
10 For I
am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee for I have much people
in this city.
11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the
word of God among them.
12 And when Gallio was
the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment
seat,
13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to
the law.
14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said
unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews,
reason would that I should bear with you
15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law,
look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
16 And he drave them
from the judgment seat.
17 Then all the
Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before
the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then
took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him
Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his
head in Cenchrea for he had a vow.
19 And he came to Ephesus
20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he
consented not;
21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this
feast that cometh in Jerusalem Ephesus
22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and
saluted the church, he went down to Antioch
23 And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went
over all the country of Galatia and
Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24 And a certain Jew named
Apollos, born at Alexandria , an eloquent
man, and mighty in the scriptures, came
to Ephesus
25 This man was
instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake
and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them,
and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him who, when he was come, helped
them much which had believed through grace
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly,
shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
Chapter 19
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth , Paul having passed
through the upper coasts came to Ephesus
2 He said
unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said
unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he
said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's
baptism.
4 Then
said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the
people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is,
on Christ Jesus.
5 When
they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when
Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake
with tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all
the men were about twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space
of three months, disputing and persuading
the things concerning the kingdom
of God
9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake
evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the
disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
10 And this
continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and
Greeks.
11 And God
wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul
12 So that
from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the
diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 Then certain of
the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took 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.
14 And there were
seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
15 And the
evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
16 And the man in
whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed
against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this was
known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus
18 And many that
believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many of them also
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 pieces
of silver.
20 So mightily grew
the word of God and prevailed.
21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit,
when he had passed through Macedonia and
Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been
there, I must also see Rome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of
them that ministered unto him, Timotheus
and Erastus; but he himself stayed
in Asia for a season.
23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made
silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation,
and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but
almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people,
saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands
27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at
nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,
and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia
and the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath,
and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion and having
caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia
30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the
disciples suffered him not.
31 And certain of the chief of Asia ,
which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure
himself into the theatre.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another for the
assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come
together.
33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews
putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made
his defence unto the people.
34 But 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.
35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye
men of Ephesus
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye
ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither
robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him,
have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies let them
implead one another.
39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it
shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's
uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
The Acts Chapter 13 to 19
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