19:1 While ¹  Apollos was in Corinth, ²  Paul went through the inland ³  regions ⁴  and came to Ephesus. ⁵  He ⁶  found some disciples there ⁷  19:2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” ⁸  They replied, ⁹  “No, we have not even ¹⁰  heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 19:3 So Paul ¹¹  said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied. ¹²  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, ¹³  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 ¹⁴  his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came ¹⁵  upon them, and they began to speak ¹⁶  in tongues and to prophesy. ¹⁷  19:7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.) ¹⁸ 

19:8 So Paul ¹⁹  entered ²⁰  the synagogue ²¹  and spoke out fearlessly ²²  for three months, addressing ²³  and convincing ²⁴  them about the kingdom of God. ²⁵  19:9 But when ²⁶  some were stubborn ²⁷  and refused to believe, reviling ²⁸  the Way ²⁹  before the congregation, he left ³⁰  them and took the disciples with him, ³¹  addressing ³²  them every day ³³  in the lecture hall ³⁴  of Tyrannus. 19:10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, ³⁵  both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. ³⁶ 

19:11 God was performing extraordinary ³⁷  miracles by Paul’s hands, 19:12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body ³⁸  were brought ³⁹  to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. ⁴⁰  19:13 But some itinerant ⁴¹  Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name ⁴²  of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by ⁴³  evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn ⁴⁴  you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named ⁴⁵  Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) ⁴⁶  19:15 But the evil spirit replied to them, ⁴⁷  “I know about Jesus ⁴⁸  and I am acquainted with ⁴⁹  Paul, but who are you?” ⁵⁰  19:16 Then the man who was possessed by ⁵¹  the evil spirit jumped on ⁵²  them and beat them all into submission. ⁵³  He prevailed ⁵⁴  against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded. 19:17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, ⁵⁵  both Jews and Greeks; fear came over ⁵⁶  them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. ⁵⁷  19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, ⁵⁸  confessing and making their deeds known. ⁵⁹  19:19 Large numbers ⁶⁰  of those who had practiced magic ⁶¹  collected their books ⁶²  and burned them up in the presence of everyone. ⁶³  When ⁶⁴  the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins. ⁶⁵  19:20 In this way the word of the Lord ⁶⁶  continued to grow in power ⁶⁷  and to prevail. ⁶⁸ 

19:21 Now after all these things had taken place, ⁶⁹  Paul resolved ⁷⁰  to go to Jerusalem, ⁷¹  passing through Macedonia ⁷²  and Achaia. ⁷³  He said, ⁷⁴  “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” ⁷⁵  19:22 So after sending ⁷⁶  two of his assistants, ⁷⁷  Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, ⁷⁸  he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia. ⁷⁹ 

19:23 At ⁸⁰  that time ⁸¹  a great disturbance ⁸²  took place concerning the Way. ⁸³  19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines ⁸⁴  of Artemis, ⁸⁵  brought a great deal ⁸⁶  of business ⁸⁷  to the craftsmen. 19:25 He gathered ⁸⁸  these ⁸⁹  together, along with the workmen in similar trades, ⁹⁰  and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity ⁹¹  comes from this business. 19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded ⁹²  and turned away ⁹³  a large crowd, ⁹⁴  not only in Ephesus ⁹⁵  but in practically all of the province of Asia, ⁹⁶  by saying ⁹⁷  that gods made by hands are not gods at all. ⁹⁸  19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, ⁹⁹  but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis ¹⁰⁰  will be regarded as nothing, ¹⁰¹  and she whom all the province of Asia ¹⁰²  and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” ¹⁰³ 

19:28 When ¹⁰⁴  they heard ¹⁰⁵  this they became enraged ¹⁰⁶  and began to shout, ¹⁰⁷  “Great is Artemis ¹⁰⁸  of the Ephesians!” 19:29 The ¹⁰⁹  city was filled with the uproar, ¹¹⁰  and the crowd ¹¹¹  rushed to the theater ¹¹²  together, ¹¹³  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, ¹¹⁴  the disciples would not let him. 19:31 Even some of the provincial authorities ¹¹⁵  who were his friends sent ¹¹⁶  a message ¹¹⁷  to him, urging him not to venture ¹¹⁸  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. ¹¹⁹  19:33 Some of the crowd concluded ¹²⁰  it was about ¹²¹  Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. ¹²²  Alexander, gesturing ¹²³  with his hand, was wanting to make a defense ¹²⁴  before the public assembly. ¹²⁵  19:34 But when they recognized ¹²⁶  that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, ¹²⁷  “Great is Artemis ¹²⁸  of the Ephesians!” for about two hours. ¹²⁹  19:35 After the city secretary ¹³⁰  quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person ¹³¹  is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ¹³²  of the temple of the great Artemis ¹³³  and of her image that fell from heaven? ¹³⁴  19:36 So because these facts ¹³⁵  are indisputable, ¹³⁶  you must keep quiet ¹³⁷  and not do anything reckless. ¹³⁸  19:37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers ¹³⁹  nor blasphemers of our goddess. ¹⁴⁰  19:38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint ¹⁴¹  against someone, the courts are open ¹⁴²  and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there. ¹⁴³  19:39 But if you want anything in addition, ¹⁴⁴  it will have to be settled ¹⁴⁵  in a legal assembly. ¹⁴⁶  19:40 For ¹⁴⁷  we are in danger of being charged with rioting ¹⁴⁸  today, since there is no cause we can give to explain ¹⁴⁹  this disorderly gathering.” ¹⁵⁰  19:41 After ¹⁵¹  he had said ¹⁵²  this, ¹⁵³  he dismissed the assembly. ¹⁵⁴ 

20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging ¹⁵⁵  them and saying farewell, ¹⁵⁶  he left to go to Macedonia. ¹⁵⁷  20:2 After he had gone through those regions ¹⁵⁸  and spoken many words of encouragement ¹⁵⁹  to the believers there, ¹⁶⁰  he came to Greece, ¹⁶¹  20:3 where he stayed ¹⁶²  for three months. Because the Jews had made ¹⁶³  a plot ¹⁶⁴  against him as he was intending ¹⁶⁵  to sail ¹⁶⁶  for Syria, he decided ¹⁶⁷  to return through Macedonia. ¹⁶⁸  20:4 Paul ¹⁶⁹  was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, ¹⁷⁰  Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, ¹⁷¹  Gaius ¹⁷²  from Derbe, ¹⁷³  and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. ¹⁷⁴  20:5 These had gone on ahead ¹⁷⁵  and were waiting for us in Troas. ¹⁷⁶  20:6 We ¹⁷⁷  sailed away from Philippi ¹⁷⁸  after the days of Unleavened Bread, ¹⁷⁹  and within five days ¹⁸⁰  we came to the others ¹⁸¹  in Troas, ¹⁸²  where we stayed for seven days. 20:7 On the first day ¹⁸³  of the week, when we met ¹⁸⁴  to break bread, Paul began to speak ¹⁸⁵  to the people, and because he intended ¹⁸⁶  to leave the next day, he extended ¹⁸⁷  his message until midnight. 20:8 (Now there were many lamps ¹⁸⁸  in the upstairs room where we were meeting.) ¹⁸⁹  20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, ¹⁹⁰  was sinking ¹⁹¹  into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak ¹⁹²  for a long time. Fast asleep, ¹⁹³  he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 20:10 But Paul went down, ¹⁹⁴  threw himself ¹⁹⁵  on the young man, ¹⁹⁶  put his arms around him, ¹⁹⁷  and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!” ¹⁹⁸  20:11 Then Paul ¹⁹⁹  went back upstairs, ²⁰⁰  and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them ²⁰¹  a long time, until dawn. Then he left. 20:12 They took the boy home alive and were greatly ²⁰²  comforted.

20:13 We went on ahead ²⁰³  to the ship and put out to sea ²⁰⁴  for Assos, ²⁰⁵  intending ²⁰⁶  to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. ²⁰⁷  He ²⁰⁸  himself was intending ²⁰⁹  to go there by land. ²¹⁰  20:14 When he met us in Assos, ²¹¹  we took him aboard ²¹²  and went to Mitylene. ²¹³  20:15 We set sail ²¹⁴  from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. ²¹⁵  The next day we approached ²¹⁶  Samos, ²¹⁷  and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. ²¹⁸  20:16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus ²¹⁹  so as not to spend time ²²⁰  in the province of Asia, ²²¹  for he was hurrying ²²²  to arrive in Jerusalem, ²²³  if possible, ²²⁴  by the day of Pentecost. 20:17 From Miletus ²²⁵  he sent a message ²²⁶  to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him. ²²⁷ 

20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived ²²⁸  the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot ²²⁹  in the province of Asia, ²³⁰  20:19 serving the Lord with all humility ²³¹  and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots ²³²  of the Jews. 20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming ²³³  to you anything that would be helpful, ²³⁴  and from teaching you publicly ²³⁵  and from house to house, 20:21 testifying ²³⁶  to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. ²³⁷  20:22 And now, ²³⁸  compelled ²³⁹  by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem ²⁴⁰  without knowing what will happen to me there, ²⁴¹  20:23 except ²⁴²  that the Holy Spirit warns ²⁴³  me in town after town ²⁴⁴  that ²⁴⁵  imprisonment ²⁴⁶  and persecutions ²⁴⁷  are waiting for me. 20:24 But I do not consider my life ²⁴⁸  worth anything ²⁴⁹  to myself, so that ²⁵⁰  I may finish my task ²⁵¹  and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news ²⁵²  of God’s grace.

20:25 “And now ²⁵³  I know that none ²⁵⁴  of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom ²⁵⁵  will see me ²⁵⁶  again. 20:26 Therefore I declare ²⁵⁷  to you today that I am innocent ²⁵⁸  of the blood of you all. ²⁵⁹  20:27 For I did not hold back from ²⁶⁰  announcing ²⁶¹  to you the whole purpose ²⁶²  of God. 20:28 Watch out for ²⁶³  yourselves and for all the flock of which ²⁶⁴  the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, ²⁶⁵  to shepherd the church of God ²⁶⁶  that he obtained ²⁶⁷  with the blood of his own Son. ²⁶⁸  20:29 I know that after I am gone ²⁶⁹  fierce wolves ²⁷⁰  will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 20:30 Even from among your own group ²⁷¹  men ²⁷²  will arise, teaching perversions of the truth ²⁷³  to draw the disciples away after them. 20:31 Therefore be alert, ²⁷⁴  remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning ²⁷⁵  each one of you with tears. 20:32 And now I entrust ²⁷⁶  you to God and to the message ²⁷⁷  of his grace. This message ²⁷⁸  is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 20:33 I have desired ²⁷⁹  no one’s silver or gold or clothing. 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine ²⁸⁰  provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 20:35 By all these things, ²⁸¹  I have shown you that by working in this way we must help ²⁸²  the weak, ²⁸³  and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” ²⁸⁴ 

20:36 When ²⁸⁵  he had said these things, he knelt down ²⁸⁶  with them all and prayed. 20:37 They all began to weep loudly, ²⁸⁷  and hugged ²⁸⁸  Paul and kissed him, ²⁸⁹  20:38 especially saddened ²⁹⁰  by what ²⁹¹  he had said, that they were not going to see him ²⁹²  again. Then they accompanied ²⁹³  him to the ship.