Acts 19:15-22

¹⁵But one day an evil spirit responded, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”

¹⁶The man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered all of them. He beat them so severely that they ran out of the house, naked and badly injured.

¹⁷People living in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, heard about this. They were all in awe at what had happened, and the name of the Lord Jesus gained great respect.

¹⁸Many came to trust in the Lord and confessed their sins, openly admitting their evil practices.

¹⁹A number of those who used to practice sorcery collected their books on magic and brought them to be burned publicly. They worked out how much the books were worth, and the total was fifty thousand silver coins.

²⁰In this way the word of the Lord grew strong and spread widely.

²¹Some time after this Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing first through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I've been there, I'll have to go to Rome,” he said.

²²He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.