Acts 19 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Paul in Ephesus

Now it happened^G1096 that while^G1722 Apollos^G625 was at Corinth^G2882, Paul^G3972 passed^G1330 through^G1330 the upper^G510 regions^G3313 and came^G2064 to Ephesus^G2181 and found^G2147 some^G5100 disciples^G3101.

Act 19:2

Act 19:2And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard if the Holy Spirit is being received.”

Act 19:3

Act 19:3And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

Act 19:4

Act 19:4Then Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Act 19:5

Act 19:5And when they heard this, they were baptized [fn]in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Act 19:6

Act 19:6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.

Act 19:7

Act 19:7Now there were in all about twelve men.

Act 19:8

And after he entered^G1525 the synagogue^G4864, he continued speaking^G3955 out^G3955 boldly^G3955 for three^G5140 months^G3376, reasoning^G1256 and persuading^G3982 them about^G4012 the kingdom^G932 of God^G2316.

Act 19:9

Act 19:9But when some were becoming hardened and were not believing, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he left them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

Act 19:10

Act 19:10This took place for two years, so that all who lived in [fn]Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Miracles in Ephesus

Act 19:11

And God^G2316 was doing^G4160 extraordinary^G5177 [fn]miracles^G1411 by the hands^G5495 of Paul^G3972,

Act 19:12

Act 19:12so that cloths or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.

Act 19:13

Act 19:13But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I implore you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

Act 19:14

Act 19:14Now seven sons of one named Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

Act 19:15

Act 19:15And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

Act 19:16

Act 19:16And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them, subdued all of them, and utterly prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Act 19:17

Act 19:17And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.

Act 19:18

Act 19:18Also, many of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.

Act 19:19

Act 19:19And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and were burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand [fn]pieces of silver.

Act 19:20

Act 19:20So [fn]the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.

Riots in Ephesus

Act 19:21

Now^G1161 after^G5613 these^G3778 things^G3778 were finished^G4137, Paul^G3972 purposed^G5087 in the [fn]Spirit^G4151 to go^G4198 to Jerusalem^G2414 after he had passed^G1330 through^G1330 Macedonia^G3109 and Achaia^G882, saying^G3004, “After^G3326 I have been^G1096 there^G1563, I must^G1163 also^G2532 see^G3708 Rome^G4516.”

Act 19:22

Act 19:22And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in [fn]Asia for a while.

Act 19:23

Now about^G2596 that time^G2540 there occurred^G1096 no^G3756 small^G3641 disturbance^G5017 concerning^G4012 the Way^G3598.

Act 19:24

Act 19:24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [fn]Artemis, was bringing no little [fn]business to the craftsmen;

Act 19:25

Act 19:25these he gathered together with the workers of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity is from this business.

Act 19:26

Act 19:26“And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, saying that things made with hands are not gods.

Act 19:27

Act 19:27“And not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess [fn]Artemis be considered as worthless and that she, whom all of Asia and the [fn]world worship, is even about to be brought down from her majesty.”

Act 19:28

When they heard^G191 this and were filled^G4134 with rage^G2372, they began crying^G2896 out^G2896, saying^G3004, “Great^G3173 is [fn]Artemis^G735 of the Ephesians^G2180!”

Act 19:29

Act 19:29And the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed [fn]with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

Act 19:30

Act 19:30And when Paul wanted to go into the [fn]assembly, the disciples would not let him.

Act 19:31

Act 19:31Also some of the [fn]Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to [fn]venture into the theater.

Act 19:32

Act 19:32So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the [fn]meeting was in confusion and the majority did not know [fn]for what reason they had come together.

Act 19:33

Act 19:33And some of the crowd [fn]concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the [fn]assembly.

Act 19:34

Act 19:34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single cry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Act 19:35

Act 19:35Now after calming the crowd, the city clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?

Act 19:36

Act 19:36“So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.

Act 19:37

Act 19:37“For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

Act 19:38

Act 19:38“So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are in session and [fn]proconsuls are available; let them bring charges against one another.

Act 19:39

Act 19:39“But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the [fn]lawful meeting.

Act 19:40

Act 19:40“For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no cause for which we can give as an account for this disorderly gathering.”

Act 19:41

Act 19:41After saying this he dismissed the meeting.