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Acts 19:5-24

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5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6After Paul had placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7There were about twelve of them in total.
8Paul went to the synagogue and over the course of the next three months spoke boldly to those who were there, discussing with them and trying to convince them about the kingdom of God.
9But some of them were stubborn, and refused to accept. They denounced the Way to the crowd. So Paul gave up on them and left the synagogue, taking the believers with him. Then he had discussions every day at the hall of Tyrannus.
10This went on for the next two years, with the result that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
11God performed unusual miracles through Paul,
12so much so that they took handkerchiefs or aprons Paul had touched to heal the sick and to drive out evil spirits.
13Some Jews who were going around exorcising decided to use the name of the Lord Jesus when they drove out evil spirits. They'd say, “I command you to leave in the name of the Jesus that Paul talks about.”
14The ones doing this were the seven sons of Sceva, a Jew and a chief priest.
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.
23It was about this time that serious problems occurred regarding the Way.
24A man called Demetrius, a silversmith, was producing small silver replicas of the temple of the goddess Artemis. This business brought in a great deal of work for such craftsmen.

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