Acts 19:6-16

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.