1And it happened, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found some disciples: 2and he said to them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? And they said to him, No, we have not even heard whether the Holy Spirit was given. 3And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John’s baptism. 4And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who would come after him, that is, in Yeshua. 5And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Yeshua. 6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. 7And they were in all about twelve men. 8And he entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading as to the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10And this continued for two years; so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. 11And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul: 12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out. 13But some of the traveling Jews, exorcists, also undertook to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Yeshua, saying, I adjure you by Yeshua whom Paul preaches. 14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this. 15And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Yeshua I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? 16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Yeshua was magnified. 18Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. 19And not a few of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all; and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20So mightily grew the word of the Lord and prevailed. 21Now after these things were ended, Paul resolved 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. 22And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. 23And about that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way. 24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business to the craftsmen; 25whom he gathered together, with the workmen of similar trades, and said, Men, you know that by this business we have our wealth. 26And you see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods: 27and not only is there danger that this trade of ours may come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana may be counted as nothing, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worships. 28And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 29And the city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s traveling companions. 30And when Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples did not allow him. 31And some of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sent to him and urged him not to venture into the theater. 32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and most of them did not know why they had come together. 33And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, and wanted to make a defense to the people. 34But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for about two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 35And when the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he says, You men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 36Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash. 37For you have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess. 38If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen who are with him, have a complaint against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another. 39But if you seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly. 40For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause for it: and regarding it we shall not be able to give account of this disorderly gathering. 41And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.