18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. ⁴  He was an eloquent speaker, ⁵  well-versed ⁶  in the scriptures. 18:25 He had been instructed in ⁷  the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm ⁸  he spoke and taught accurately the facts ⁹  about Jesus, although he knew ¹⁰  only the baptism of John. 18:26 He began to speak out fearlessly ¹¹  in the synagogue, ¹²  but when Priscilla and Aquila ¹³  heard him, they took him aside ¹⁴  and explained the way of God to him more accurately. 18:27 When Apollos ¹⁵  wanted to cross over to Achaia, ¹⁶  the brothers encouraged ¹⁷  him ¹⁸  and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he ¹⁹  assisted greatly those who had believed by grace, 18:28 for he refuted the Jews vigorously ²⁰  in public debate, ²¹  demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ ²²  was Jesus. ²³ 

19:1 While ²⁴  Apollos was in Corinth, ²⁵  Paul went through the inland ²⁶  regions ²⁷  and came to Ephesus. ²⁸  He ²⁹  found some disciples there ³⁰  19:2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” ³¹  They replied, ³²  “No, we have not even ³³  heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 19:3 So Paul ³⁴  said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied. ³⁵  19:4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, ³⁶  that is, in Jesus.” 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, 19:6 and when Paul placed ³⁷  his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came ³⁸  upon them, and they began to speak ³⁹  in tongues and to prophesy. ⁴⁰  19:7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.) ⁴¹ 

19:8 So Paul ⁴²  entered ⁴³  the synagogue ⁴⁴  and spoke out fearlessly ⁴⁵  for three months, addressing ⁴⁶  and convincing ⁴⁷  them about the kingdom of God. ⁴⁸  19:9 But when ⁴⁹  some were stubborn ⁵⁰  and refused to believe, reviling ⁵¹  the Way ⁵²  before the congregation, he left ⁵³  them and took the disciples with him, ⁵⁴  addressing ⁵⁵  them every day ⁵⁶  in the lecture hall ⁵⁷  of Tyrannus. 19:10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, ⁵⁸  both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. ⁵⁹ 

19:11 God was performing extraordinary ⁶⁰  miracles by Paul’s hands, 19:12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body ⁶¹  were brought ⁶²  to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. ⁶³  19:13 But some itinerant ⁶⁴  Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name ⁶⁵  of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by ⁶⁶  evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn ⁶⁷  you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named ⁶⁸  Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) ⁶⁹  19:15 But the evil spirit replied to them, ⁷⁰  “I know about Jesus ⁷¹  and I am acquainted with ⁷²  Paul, but who are you?” ⁷³  19:16 Then the man who was possessed by ⁷⁴  the evil spirit jumped on ⁷⁵  them and beat them all into submission. ⁷⁶  He prevailed ⁷⁷  against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded. 19:17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, ⁷⁸  both Jews and Greeks; fear came over ⁷⁹  them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. ⁸⁰  19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, ⁸¹  confessing and making their deeds known. ⁸²  19:19 Large numbers ⁸³  of those who had practiced magic ⁸⁴  collected their books ⁸⁵  and burned them up in the presence of everyone. ⁸⁶  When ⁸⁷  the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins. ⁸⁸  19:20 In this way the word of the Lord ⁸⁹  continued to grow in power ⁹⁰  and to prevail. ⁹¹ 

19:21 Now after all these things had taken place, ⁹²  Paul resolved ⁹³  to go to Jerusalem, ⁹⁴  passing through Macedonia ⁹⁵  and Achaia. ⁹⁶  He said, ⁹⁷  “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” ⁹⁸  19:22 So after sending ⁹⁹  two of his assistants, ¹⁰⁰  Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, ¹⁰¹  he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia. ¹⁰² 

19:23 At ¹⁰³  that time ¹⁰⁴  a great disturbance ¹⁰⁵  took place concerning the Way. ¹⁰⁶  19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines ¹⁰⁷  of Artemis, ¹⁰⁸  brought a great deal ¹⁰⁹  of business ¹¹⁰  to the craftsmen. 19:25 He gathered ¹¹¹  these ¹¹²  together, along with the workmen in similar trades, ¹¹³  and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity ¹¹⁴  comes from this business. 19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ¹¹⁵  and turned away ¹¹⁶  a large crowd, ¹¹⁷  not only in Ephesus ¹¹⁸  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ¹¹⁹  by saying ¹²⁰  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ¹²¹  19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, ¹²²  but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis ¹²³  will be regarded as nothing, ¹²⁴  and she whom all the province of Asia ¹²⁵  and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” ¹²⁶ 

19:28 When ¹²⁷  they heard ¹²⁸  this they became enraged ¹²⁹  and began to shout, ¹³⁰  “Great is Artemis ¹³¹  of the Ephesians!” 19:29 The ¹³²  city was filled with the uproar, ¹³³  and the crowd ¹³⁴  rushed to the theater ¹³⁵  together, ¹³⁶  dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions. 19:30 But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, ¹³⁷  the disciples would not let him. 19:31 Even some of the provincial authorities ¹³⁸  who were his friends sent ¹³⁹  a message ¹⁴⁰  to him, urging him not to venture ¹⁴¹  into the theater. 19:32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together. ¹⁴²  19:33 Some of the crowd concluded ¹⁴³  it was about ¹⁴⁴  Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. ¹⁴⁵  Alexander, gesturing ¹⁴⁶  with his hand, was wanting to make a defense ¹⁴⁷  before the public assembly. ¹⁴⁸  19:34 But when they recognized ¹⁴⁹  that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, ¹⁵⁰  “Great is Artemis ¹⁵¹  of the Ephesians!” for about two hours. ¹⁵²  19:35 After the city secretary ¹⁵³  quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person ¹⁵⁴  is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ¹⁵⁵  of the temple of the great Artemis ¹⁵⁶  and of her image that fell from heaven? ¹⁵⁷  19:36 So because these facts ¹⁵⁸  are indisputable, ¹⁵⁹  you must keep quiet ¹⁶⁰  and not do anything reckless. ¹⁶¹  19:37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers ¹⁶²  nor blasphemers of our goddess. ¹⁶³  19:38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint ¹⁶⁴  against someone, the courts are open ¹⁶⁵  and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there. ¹⁶⁶  19:39 But if you want anything in addition, ¹⁶⁷  it will have to be settled ¹⁶⁸  in a legal assembly. ¹⁶⁹  19:40 For ¹⁷⁰  we are in danger of being charged with rioting ¹⁷¹  today, since there is no cause we can give to explain ¹⁷²  this disorderly gathering.” ¹⁷³  19:41 After ¹⁷⁴  he had said ¹⁷⁵  this, ¹⁷⁶  he dismissed the assembly. ¹⁷⁷ 

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹⁷⁸  them and saying farewell, ¹⁷⁹  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁸⁰  20:2 After he had gone through those regions ¹⁸¹  and spoken many words of encouragement ¹⁸²  to the believers there, ¹⁸³  he came to Greece, ¹⁸⁴  20:3 where he stayed ¹⁸⁵  for three months. Because the Jews had made ¹⁸⁶  a plot ¹⁸⁷  against him as he was intending ¹⁸⁸  to sail ¹⁸⁹  for Syria, he decided ¹⁹⁰  to return through Macedonia. ¹⁹¹  20:4 Paul ¹⁹²  was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, ¹⁹³  Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, ¹⁹⁴  Gaius ¹⁹⁵  from Derbe, ¹⁹⁶  and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. ¹⁹⁷  20:5 These had gone on ahead ¹⁹⁸  and were waiting for us in Troas. ¹⁹⁹  20:6 We ²⁰⁰  sailed away from Philippi ²⁰¹  after the days of Unleavened Bread, ²⁰²  and within five days ²⁰³  we came to the others ²⁰⁴  in Troas, ²⁰⁵  where we stayed for seven days. 20:7 On the first day ²⁰⁶  of the week, when we met ²⁰⁷  to break bread, Paul began to speak ²⁰⁸  to the people, and because he intended ²⁰⁹  to leave the next day, he extended ²¹⁰  his message until midnight. 20:8 (Now there were many lamps ²¹¹  in the upstairs room where we were meeting.) ²¹²  20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, ²¹³  was sinking ²¹⁴  into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak ²¹⁵  for a long time. Fast asleep, ²¹⁶  he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 20:10 But Paul went down, ²¹⁷  threw himself ²¹⁸  on the young man, ²¹⁹  put his arms around him, ²²⁰  and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!” ²²¹  20:11 Then Paul ²²²  went back upstairs, ²²³  and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them ²²⁴  a long time, until dawn. Then he left. 20:12 They took the boy home alive and were greatly ²²⁵  comforted.

20:13 We went on ahead ²²⁶  to the ship and put out to sea ²²⁷  for Assos, ²²⁸  intending ²²⁹  to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. ²³⁰  He ²³¹  himself was intending ²³²  to go there by land. ²³³  20:14 When he met us in Assos, ²³⁴  we took him aboard ²³⁵  and went to Mitylene. ²³⁶  20:15 We set sail ²³⁷  from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. ²³⁸  The next day we approached ²³⁹  Samos, ²⁴⁰  and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. ²⁴¹  20:16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus ²⁴²  so as not to spend time ²⁴³  in the province of Asia, ²⁴⁴  for he was hurrying ²⁴⁵  to arrive in Jerusalem, ²⁴⁶  if possible, ²⁴⁷  by the day of Pentecost. 20:17 From Miletus ²⁴⁸  he sent a message ²⁴⁹  to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him. ²⁵⁰ 

20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived ²⁵¹  the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot ²⁵²  in the province of Asia, ²⁵³  20:19 serving the Lord with all humility ²⁵⁴  and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots ²⁵⁵  of the Jews. 20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming ²⁵⁶  to you anything that would be helpful, ²⁵⁷  and from teaching you publicly ²⁵⁸  and from house to house, 20:21 testifying ²⁵⁹  to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. ²⁶⁰  20:22 And now, ²⁶¹  compelled ²⁶²  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ²⁶³  without knowing what will happen to me there, ²⁶⁴  20:23 except ²⁶⁵  that the Holy Spirit warns ²⁶⁶  me in town after town ²⁶⁷  that ²⁶⁸  imprisonment ²⁶⁹  and persecutions ²⁷⁰  are waiting for me. 20:24 But I do not consider my life ²⁷¹  worth anything ²⁷²  to myself, so that ²⁷³  I may finish my task ²⁷⁴  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ²⁷⁵  of God’s grace.

20:25 “And now ²⁷⁶  I know that none ²⁷⁷  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ²⁷⁸  will see me ²⁷⁹  again. 20:26 Therefore I declare ²⁸⁰  to you today that I am innocent ²⁸¹  of the blood of you all. ²⁸²  20:27 For I did not hold back from ²⁸³  announcing ²⁸⁴  to you the whole purpose ²⁸⁵  of God. 20:28 Watch out for ²⁸⁶  yourselves and for all the flock of which ²⁸⁷  the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, ²⁸⁸  to shepherd the church of God ²⁸⁹  that he obtained ²⁹⁰  with the blood of his own Son. ²⁹¹  20:29 I know that after I am gone ²⁹²  fierce wolves ²⁹³  will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 20:30 Even from among your own group ²⁹⁴  men ²⁹⁵  will arise, teaching perversions of the truth ²⁹⁶  to draw the disciples away after them. 20:31 Therefore be alert, ²⁹⁷  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ²⁹⁸  each one of you with tears. 20:32 And now I entrust ²⁹⁹  you to God and to the message ³⁰⁰  of his grace. This message ³⁰¹  is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 20:33 I have desired ³⁰²  no one’s silver or gold or clothing. 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine ³⁰³  provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 20:35 By all these things, ³⁰⁴  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ³⁰⁵  the weak, ³⁰⁶  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ³⁰⁷ 

20:36 When ³⁰⁸  he had said these things, he knelt down ³⁰⁹  with them all and prayed. 20:37 They all began to weep loudly, ³¹⁰  and hugged ³¹¹  Paul and kissed him, ³¹²  20:38 especially saddened ³¹³  by what ³¹⁴  he had said, that they were not going to see him ³¹⁵  again. Then they accompanied ³¹⁶  him to the ship.

21:1 After ³¹⁷  we ³¹⁸  tore ourselves away ³¹⁹  from them, we put out to sea, ³²⁰  and sailing a straight course, ³²¹  we came to Cos, ³²²  on the next day to Rhodes, ³²³  and from there to Patara. ³²⁴  21:2 We found ³²⁵  a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, ³²⁶  went aboard, ³²⁷  and put out to sea. ³²⁸  21:3 After we sighted Cyprus ³²⁹  and left it behind on our port side, ³³⁰  we sailed on to Syria and put in ³³¹  at Tyre, ³³²  because the ship was to unload its cargo there. 21:4 After we located ³³³  the disciples, we stayed there ³³⁴  seven days. They repeatedly told ³³⁵  Paul through the Spirit ³³⁶  not to set foot ³³⁷  in Jerusalem. ³³⁸  21:5 When ³³⁹  our time was over, ³⁴⁰  we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied ³⁴¹  us outside of the city. After ³⁴²  kneeling down on the beach and praying, ³⁴³  21:6 we said farewell ³⁴⁴  to one another. ³⁴⁵  Then ³⁴⁶  we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. ³⁴⁷  21:7 We continued the voyage from Tyre ³⁴⁸  and arrived at Ptolemais, ³⁴⁹  and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day. 21:8 On the next day we left ³⁵⁰  and came to Caesarea, ³⁵¹  and entered ³⁵²  the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, ³⁵³  and stayed with him. 21:9 (He had four unmarried ³⁵⁴  daughters who prophesied.) ³⁵⁵ 

21:10 While we remained there for a number of days, ³⁵⁶  a prophet named Agabus ³⁵⁷  came down from Judea. 21:11 He came ³⁵⁸  to us, took ³⁵⁹  Paul’s belt, ³⁶⁰  tied ³⁶¹  his own hands and feet with it, ³⁶²  and said, “The Holy Spirit says this: ‘This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over ³⁶³  to the Gentiles.’” 21:12 When we heard this, both we and the local people ³⁶⁴  begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. 21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking ³⁶⁵  my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, ³⁶⁶  but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 21:14 Because he could not be persuaded, ³⁶⁷  we said no more except, ³⁶⁸  “The Lord’s will be done.” ³⁶⁹