Acts

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19:3 bbeAnd he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.
19:37 bbeFor you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.
19:5 bbeAnd hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.
19:15 bbeAnd the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?
19:40 bbeFor, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together.
19:38 bbeIf, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.
19:24 bbeFor there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;
19:36 bbeSo then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.
19:18 bbeAnd a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.
19:14 bbeAnd there were seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest, who did this.
19:28 bbeAnd hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
19:22 bbeAnd having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.
19:11 bbeAnd God did special works of power by the hands of Paul:
19:33 bbeThen they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:
19:35 bbeAnd when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?
19:13 bbeBut some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.
19:29 bbeAnd the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
19:1 bbeAnd it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:
19:20 bbeSo the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
19:34 bbeBut when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
19:4 bbeAnd Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.
19:21 bbeNow after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
19:27 bbeAnd there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.
19:32 bbeAnd some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.
19:17 bbeAnd this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.
19:25 bbeWhom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.
19:41 bbeAnd when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.
19:26 bbeAnd you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
19:19 bbeAnd a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.
19:7 bbeAnd there were about twelve of these men.
19:10 bbeAnd this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.
19:23 bbeAnd about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
19:39 bbeBut if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting.
19:16 bbeAnd the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.
19:31 bbeAnd some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.
19:6 bbeAnd when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.
19:30 bbeAnd when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.
19:8 bbeAnd he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.
19:12 bbeSo that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.
19:2 bbeAnd he said to them, Did you get the Holy Spirit when you had faith? And they said to him, No, we have had no knowledge of the Holy Spirit.
19:9 bbeBut because some of the people were hard-hearted and would not give hearing, saying evil words about the Way before the people, he went away from them, and kept the disciples separate, reasoning every day in the school of Tyrannus.