Paul at Ephesus1 It happened° that while° aApollos° was at bCorinth°, Paul° passed° through° the cupper° country° and came° to dEphesus°, and found° some° disciples°. 2 He said° to them, “aDid you receive° the Holy° Spirit° when you believed°?” And they [said] to him, “No°, bwe have not even° heard° whether° Ithere is a Holy° Spirit°.” 3 And he said°, “Into what° then° were you baptized°?” And they said°, “aInto John’s° baptism°.” 4 Paul° said°, “aJohn° baptized° with the baptism° of repentance°, telling° the people° bto believe° in Him who was coming° after° him, that is, in Jesus°.” 5 When they heard° this, they were abaptized° Iin the name° of the Lord° Jesus°. 6 And when Paul° had alaid° his hands° upon them, the Holy° Spirit° came° on them, and they [began] bspeaking° with tongues° and cprophesying°. 7 There were in all° about° twelve° men°. [1] aAc 18:24; 1Co 1:12; 3:5, 6, 22; 4:6; 16:12; Tit 3:13 bAc 18:1 cAc 18:23 dAc 18:21, 24; 19:17, 26, 28, 34f; 20:16f; 21:29; 1Co 15:32; 16:8; Ep 1:1; 1Ti 1:3; 2Ti 1:18; 4:12; Rv 1:11; 2:1
[2] IOr the Holy Spirit has been given aAc 8:15f; 11:16f bJn 7:39 [3] aLk 7:29; Ac 18:25 [4] aMt 3:11; Mk 1:4, 7, 8; Lk 3:16; Jn 1:26, 27; Ac 13:24 bJn 1:7 [5] ILit into aAc 8:12, 16; 10:48 [6] aAc 6:6; 8:17 bMk 16:17; Ac 2:4; 10:46 cAc 13:1 8 ¶ And he entered° athe synagogue° and continued speaking° out boldly° for three° months°, reasoning° and persuading° [them] babout° the kingdom° of God°. 9 But when° asome° were becoming° hardened° and disobedient°, speaking° evil° of bthe Way° before° the Ipeople°, he withdrew° from them and took° away° cthe disciples°, reasoning° daily°° in the school° of Tyrannus°. 10 This° took° place° for atwo° years°, so° that all° who lived° in IbAsia° heard° cthe word° of the Lord°, both° Jews° and Greeks°. [8] aAc 9:20; 18:26 bAc 1:3
[9] ILit multitude aAc 14:4 bAc 9:2; 19:23 cAc 11:26; 19:30 [10] II.e. west coast province of Asia Minor aAc 19:8; 20:31 bAc 16:6; 19:22, 26, 27 cAc 13:12; 19:20 Miracles at Ephesus11 ¶ God° was performing° aextraordinary° Imiracles° by the hands° of Paul°, 12 aso° that handkerchiefs° or° aprons° were even° carried° from his body° to the sick°, and the diseases° left° them and bthe evil° spirits° went° out. 13 But also° some° of the Jewish° aexorcists°, who went° from place° to place°, attempted° to name° over° those° who had° the evil° spirits° the name° of the Lord° Jesus°, saying°, “I adjure° you by Jesus° whom° Paul° preaches°.” 14 Seven° sons° of one° Sceva°, a Jewish° chief° priest°, were doing° this°. 15 And the evil° spirit° answered° and said° to them, “I recognize° Jesus°, and I know° about° Paul°, but who° are you?” 16 And the man°, in whom° was the evil° spirit°, leaped° on them and subdued° all° of them and overpowered° them, so° that they fled° out of that house° naked° and wounded°. 17 This° became° known° to all°, both° Jews° and Greeks°, who lived° in aEphesus°; and fear° fell° upon them all° and the name° of the Lord° Jesus° was being magnified°. 18 Many° also° of those° who had believed° kept coming°, confessing° and disclosing° their practices°. 19 And many° of those° who practiced° magic° brought° their books° together° and [began] burning° them in the sight° of everyone°; and they counted° up the price° of them and found° it Ififty°° thousand° apieces° of silver°. 20 So° Iathe word° of the Lord° bwas growing° mightily° and prevailing°. [11] IOr works of power aAc 8:13
[12] aAc 5:15 bMk 16:17 [13] aMt 12:27; Lk 11:19 [17] aAc 18:19 [19] IProbably fifty thousand Greek drachmas; a drachma approximated a day’s wage aLk 15:8 [20] IOr according to the power of the Lord the word was growing aAc 19:10 bAc 6:7; 12:24 21 ¶ Now° after° these° things° were finished°, Paul° purposed° in the ISpirit° to ago° to Jerusalem° bafter he had passed° through° cMacedonia° and dAchaia°, saying°, “After° I have been° there°, eI must° also° see° Rome°.” 22 And having sent° into aMacedonia° two° of bthose° who ministered° to him, cTimothy° and dErastus°, he himself° stayed° in IeAsia° for a while°. [21] IOr spirit aAc 20:16, 22; 21:15; Ro 15:25; 2Co 1:16 bAc 20:1; 1Co 16:5 cAc 16:9; 19:22, 29; Ro 15:26; 1Th 1:7f dAc 18:12 eAc 23:11; Ro 15:24, 28
[22] II.e. west coast province of Asia Minor aAc 16:9; 19:21, 29 bAc 13:5; 19:29; 20:34; 2Co 8:19 cAc 16:1 dRo 16:23; 2Ti 4:20 eAc 19:10 23 ¶ About° that time° there occurred° no° small° disturbance° concerning° athe Way°. 24 For a man° named° Demetrius°, a silversmith°, who made° silver° shrines° of IArtemis°, awas bringing° no° little° IIbusiness° to the craftsmen°; 25 these° he gathered° together° with the workmen° of similar° [trades], and said°, “Men°, you know° that our prosperity° Idepends°° upon this° business°. 26 You see° and hear° that not only° in aEphesus°, but in almost° all° of IbAsia°, this° Paul° has persuaded° and turned° away° a considerable° number° of people°, saying° that IIcgods made° with hands° are no° gods° [at all]. 27 Not only° is there danger° that this° trade° of ours° fall° into disrepute°, but also° that the temple° of the great° goddess° IArtemis° be regarded° as worthless° and that she whom° all° of IIaAsia° and bthe IIIworld° worship° will even° be dethroned° from her magnificence°.” [23] aAc 19:9
[24] ILat Diana IIOr profit aAc 16:16, 19f [25] ILit is from [26] IV 22, note 1 IILit those aAc 18:19 bAc 19:10 cDt 4:28; Ps 115:4; Is 44:10-20; Jr 10:3ff; Ac 17:29; 1Co 8:4; 10:19; Rv 9:20 [27] ILat Diana IIV 22, note 1 IIILit the inhabited earth aAc 19:10 bMt 24:14 28 ¶ When they heard° [this] and were filled° with rage°, they [began] crying° out, saying°, “Great° is IArtemis° of the aEphesians°!” 29 The city° was filled° with the confusion°, and they rushed° Iwith one° accord° into the theater°, dragging° along° aGaius° and bAristarchus°, Paul’s° traveling° ccompanions° from dMacedonia°. 30 And when Paul° wanted° to go° into the Iassembly°, athe disciples° would not let° him. 31 Also° some° of the IAsiarchs° who were friends° of his sent° to him and repeatedly urged° him not to IIventure°° into the theater°. 32 aSo° then°, some° were shouting° one° thing and some° another°, for the Iassembly° was in confusion° and the majority° did not know° IIfor what° reason° they had come° together°. 33 Some of the crowd° Iconcluded° [it was] Alexander°, since the Jews° had put° him forward°; and having amotioned° with his hand°, Alexander° was intending° to make° a defense° to the IIassembly°. 34 But when they recognized° that he was a Jew°, a [single] outcry° arose° from them all° as they shouted° for about° two° hours°, “Great° is IArtemis° of the Ephesians°!” 35 After° quieting° the crowd°, the town° clerk° *said°, “Men° of aEphesus°, what° man° is there after° all° who° does not know° that the city° of the Ephesians° is guardian° of the temple° of the great° IArtemis° and of the [image] which° fell° down° from IIheaven°? 36 So°, since these° are undeniable° facts°, you ought° to keep° calm° and to do° nothing° rash°. 37 For you have brought° these° men° [here] who are neither° arobbers° of temples° nor° blasphemers° of our goddess°. 38 So° then°, if° Demetrius° and the craftsmen° who are with him have° a complaint° against° any° man°, the courts° are in session° and Iaproconsuls° are [available]; let them bring° charges° against° one° another°. 39 But if° you want° anything° beyond° this, it shall be settled° in the Ilawful° IIassembly°. 40 For indeed° we are in danger° of being accused° of a riot° in connection° with today’s° events, since there is no° [real] cause° [for it], and in this° connection° we will be unable°° to account°° for this° disorderly° gathering°.” 41 After saying° this° he dismissed° the Iassembly°. [28] ILat Diana aAc 18:19
[29] IOr together aAc 20:4 bAc 20:4; 27:2; Col 4:10; Phm 24 cAc 13:5; 19:22; 20:34; 2Co 8:19 dAc 16:9; 19:22 [30] ILit people aAc 19:9 [31] II.e. political or religious officials of the province of Asia IILit give himself [32] IGr ekklesia IIOr on whose account aAc 21:34 [33] IOr advised Alexander IILit people aAc 12:17 [34] ILat Diana [35] ILat Diana IILit Zeus; Lat Jupiter aAc 18:19 [37] aRo 2:22 [38] IOr provincial governors aAc 13:7 [39] IOr regular IIGr ekklesia [41] IGr ekklesia Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. |
1 ¶ Andº it came to pass,ºª that, while Apollosº wasºª¹ atº Corinth,º Paulº having passed¹ª through² the² upperº coastsº cameºª toº Ephesus:º andº findingºª certainº disciples,º 2 He saidºª untoº them,º¹ Have² ye receivedºª the Holyº Ghostº since ye believed?ºª Andº they² saidºª untoº him,º¹ We have¹ª not so much asº² heardºª whetherº there be² any¹ª Holyº Ghost.º 3 Andº he saidºª untoº them,º Untoº whatº thenº were ye baptized?ºª Andº they² said,ºª Untoº John'sº baptism.º 4 Thenº saidºª Paul,º Johnº verilyº baptizedºª with the baptismº of repentance,º sayingºª unto the² people,º thatº they should believeºª onº him which should comeºª afterº him,º that is,ºª onº Christº Jesus.º 5 Whenº they heardºª [this], they were baptizedºª inº the² nameº of the² Lordº Jesus.º [1] Ac 18:19, 23, 24; 1Co 1:12; 3:4; 16:12.
[2] 1S 3:7; Jn 7:39; Ac 2:17, 38; 8:15; 10:44; 11:15; 19:5; Ro 1:11; 1Co 6:19; 12:1; Ga 3:5. [3] Mt 3:1; 28:19; Lk 3:1; Ac 18:25; 1Co 12:13. [4] Mt 3:11; 11:3; 21:25; Mk 1:1; Lk 1:76; 3:16; Jn 1:15, 27, 29; 3:28; 5:33; Ac 1:5; 11:16; 13:23. [5] Ac 2:38; 8:12, 16; Ro 6:3; 1Co 1:13; 10:2. The Holy Ghost is given by Paul's hands.6 Andº when Paulº had laidºª [his] handsº upon¹ª them,º the² Holyº Ghostº cameºª onº them;º andº they spakeºª with tongues,º andº prophesied.ºª 7 Andº allº the menº wereºª aboutº twelve.º 8 Andº he wentºª intoº the² synagogue,º and spake boldlyºª for the space¹ of² threeº months,º disputingºª andº persuadingºª the things² concerningº the² kingdomº of God.º [6] Ac 2:4; 6:6; 8:17; 9:17; 10:45; 13:2; 1Co 12:8, 28; 14:1; 1Ti 5:22; 2Ti 1:6.
[8] Ac 1:3; 9:20; 13:14, 46; 14:1; 17:1, 17; 18:4, 19; 19:9; 26:22; 28:23; Jde 1:3. The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by miracles.9 Butº whenº diversº were hardened,ºª andº believed not,ºª but spake evilºª of that wayº beforeº the² multitude,º he departedºª fromº them,º and separatedºª the² disciples,º disputingºª dailyºº inº the² schoolº of oneº Tyrannus.º 10 Andº thisº continuedºª by the space¹ of² twoº years;º so¹ that² allº they which dwelt² in¹ª Asiaº heardºª the² wordº of the² Lordº Jesus,º bothº Jewsº andº Greeks.º 11 Andº Godº wroughtºª specialººª miraclesº byº the² handsº of Paul:º 12 So¹¹ that²² fromº hisº bodyº were broughtºª untoº the² sickºª handkerchiefsº orº aprons,º andº the² diseasesº departedºª fromº them,º andº the² evilº spiritsº wentºª out ofº them.º [9] 2K 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 36:16; Ne 9:16, 29; Ps 95:8; Pv 8:34; Is 8:14; Jr 7:26; 19:15; Mt 15:14; 16:4; 26:55; Lk 12:51; Jn 12:40; Ac 7:51; 9:2; 13:45; 14:4; 17:4; 18:6, 7; 19:23; 20:31; 22:4; 24:21; 28:22; Ro 9:18; 11:7; 1Ti 6:5; 2Ti 1:15; 3:5; 4:2; He 3:13; 2P 2:2, 12; Jde 1:10.
[10] Ac 16:6; 18:4, 11; 20:18, 20, 31; Ro 1:16; 10:12, 18; 1Co 1:22; Ga 3:28; Col 3:11; 2Ti 1:15; 1P 1:1; Rv 1:4, 11. [11] Mk 16:17; Jn 14:12; Ac 5:12; 14:3; 15:12; 16:18; Ro 15:18; Ga 3:5; He 2:4. [12] 2K 4:29; 13:20; Ac 5:15. The Jewish exorcists13 ¶ Thenº certainº ofº the² vagabondºª Jews,º exorcists,º took upon² them¹ª to callºª overº them which hadºª evilº spiritsº the² nameº of the² Lordº Jesus,º saying,ºª We adjureºª youº by Jesusº whomº Paulº preacheth.ºª 14 Andº there wereºª sevenº sonsº of [one] Sceva,º¹ a Jew,º [and] chief of the priests,º which didºª so.º 15 Andº the² evilº spiritº answeredºª and said,ºª Jesusº I know,ºª andº Paulº I know;ºª butº whoº areºª ye?º [13] Gn 4:12, 14; Jsh 6:26; 1S 14:24; 1K 22:16; Ps 109:10; Mt 12:27; 26:63; Mk 5:7; 9:38; Lk 9:49; 11:19; Ac 8:18.
[15] Gn 3:1; 1K 22:21; Mt 8:29; Mk 1:24, 34; 5:9; Lk 4:33; 8:28; Ac 16:17. are beaten by a devil.16 Andº the² manº inº whomº the² evilº spiritº wasºª leapedºª onº them,º andº overcameºª them,º and prevailedºª againstº them,º so¹ that² they fledºª out ofº thatº houseº nakedº andº wounded.ºª 17 Andº thisº wasºª knownº to allº the Jewsº and¹² Greeksº also¹² dwellingºª at Ephesus;º andº fearº fellºª onº themº all,º andº the² nameº of the² Lordº Jesusº was magnified.ºª 18 Andº manyº that believedºª came,ºª and confessed,ºª andº shewedºª their¹² deeds.º [16] Mk 5:3, 15; Lk 8:29, 35.
[17] Lv 10:3; 1S 6:20; 2S 6:9; Ps 64:9; Lk 1:65; 7:16; Ac 2:43; 5:5, 11, 13; 13:12; 19:10; Php 1:20; 2:9; 2Th 1:12; 3:1; He 2:8; Rv 5:12. [18] Lv 16:21; 26:40; Jb 33:27; Ps 32:5; Pv 28:13; Jr 3:13; Ezk 16:63; 36:31; Mt 3:6; Ro 10:10; 1Jn 1:9. Conjuring books are burnt.19 ² Manyº of them also¹ which usedºª curious artsº brought¹ª their books¹ together,ºª² and burned² them¹ª beforeº allº [men]: andº they countedºª the² priceº of them,º andº foundºª [it] fifty¹ thousandº² [pieces] of silver.º 20 Soº mightilyºº grew¹ª² the² wordº of Godº andº prevailed.ºª [19] Gn 35:4; Ex 7:11, 22; 32:20; Dt 7:25; 18:10; 1S 28:7; 1Ch 10:13; 2Ch 33:6; Is 2:20; 8:19; 30:22; 47:12; Dn 2:2; Mt 5:29; Lk 14:33; Ac 8:9; 13:6, 8; He 10:34.
[20] Is 55:11; Ac 6:7; 12:24; 2Th 3:1. 21 ¶² Afterº¹ these thingsº were ended,ºª Paulº purposedºª inº the² spirit,º when he had passed throughºª Macedoniaº andº Achaia,º to goºª toº Jerusalem,º saying,ºª After¹¹ Iº have beenºª there,º Iº mustºª alsoº seeºª Rome.º 22 Soº he sentºª intoº Macedoniaº twoº of them that ministeredºª unto him,º Timotheusº andº Erastus;º but he² himself¹ stayedºª inº Asiaº for a season.º 23 Andº¹ the sameº² timeº there aroseºª noº smallº stirº aboutº that way.º [21] Lm 3:37; Ac 16:6; 18:21; 20:1, 16, 22; 21:4, 11, 17; 23:11; 24:17; 25:10; 27:1, 24; 28:16, 30; Ro 1:13, 15; 15:23, 25; 2Co 1:15; Ga 2:1; Php 1:12.
[22] Ac 13:5; 16:3, 9; 18:5; 20:1; Ro 16:23; 2Co 1:16; 2:13; 8:1; 11:9; 1Th 1:8; 2Ti 4:20. [23] Ac 9:2; 18:26; 19:9; 22:4; 24:14, 22; 2Co 1:8; 6:9. Demetrius, for love of gain, raiseth an uproar against Paul,24 Forº a certainº [man] namedº Demetrius,º a silversmith,º which madeºª silverº shrinesº for Diana,º broughtºª noº smallº gainº unto the² craftsmen;º 25 Whomº he called togetherºª with² the² workmenº ofº like occupation,º and¹ said,ºª Sirs,º ye knowºª thatº byº thisº craftº we haveºª ourº wealth.º 26 Moreoverº ye seeºª andº hear,ºª thatº notº aloneº at Ephesus,º butº almostº throughout allº Asia,º thisº Paulº hath persuadedºª and turned awayºª muchº people,º sayingºª thatº they beºª noº gods,º whichº are madeºª withº hands:º 27 So¹ that² notº onlyº thisº ourº craftº is in dangerºª to be set¹ª at¹ nought;º²² butº alsoº that the² templeº of the² greatº goddessº Dianaº should be despised,ºººª andº¹ her¹² magnificenceº shouldºª be² destroyed,ºª whomº allº Asiaº andº the² worldº worshippeth.ºª 28 Andº when they heardºª [these sayings], they wereºª fullº of wrath,º andº cried out,ºª saying,ºª Greatº [is] Dianaº of the Ephesians.º 29 Andº the² wholeº cityº was filledºª with confusion:º andº having caughtºª Gaiusº andº Aristarchus,º men of Macedonia,º Paul'sº companions in travel,¹² they rushedºª with one accordº intoº the² theatre.º 30 Andº when¹ª Paulº wouldºª have entered¹ª in¹² unto² the² people,º the² disciplesº sufferedºª himº not.º 31 Andº¹ certainº of² the² chief of Asia,º which wereºª hisº friends,º sentºª untoº him,º desiringºª [him] that he would¹ª notº adventureºª himselfº intoº the² theatre.º 32 Some¹ therefore¹¹ cried¹ª one thing,¹²²²² and some² another:¹² forº the² assemblyº wasºª confused;ºª andº the² more partº knewºª notº whereforeºº they were come together.¹ª² 33 Andº they drewºª Alexanderº out ofº the² multitude,º the² Jewsº putting¹ª him¹ forward.ºªªª² Andº Alexanderº beckonedºª with the² hand,º and wouldºª have made his defenceºª unto the² people.º 34 Butº when they knewºª thatº he wasºª a Jew,º all¹¹ª with¹ one¹ voiceº²²²² about¹ the space¹ of²² twoº hours¹² cried out,ºª Greatº [is] Dianaº of the Ephesians.º [24] Is 56:11; Ac 16:16; 19:27, 34; 1Ti 6:9.
[25] Ho 4:8; 12:7; Ac 16:19; 2P 2:3; Rv 18:3, 11. [26] Ps 115:4; 135:15; Is 44:10; 46:5; Jr 10:3, 11, 14; Ho 8:6; Ac 14:15; 17:29; 19:10, 18, 35; 1Co 8:4; 10:19; 12:2; 16:8; Ga 4:8; 1Th 1:9. [27] Zp 2:11; Mt 23:14; Ac 19:21; 1Ti 6:5; 1Jn 5:19; Rv 13:3, 8. [28] 1S 5:3; 1K 18:26; Ps 2:2; Is 41:5; Jr 50:38; Ac 7:54; 16:19; 19:34; 21:28; Rv 12:12; 13:4; 17:13. [29] Ac 17:8; 19:32; 20:4; 21:30, 38; 27:2; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:14; 4:9; Col 4:10; Phm 1:24. [30] 2S 18:2; 21:17; Ac 14:14; 17:22; 21:39. [31] Pv 16:7; Ac 16:6; 19:10; 21:12. [32] Mt 11:7; Lk 7:24; Ac 19:29, 40; 21:34. [33] Lk 1:22; Ac 12:17; 13:16; 21:40; 22:1; 24:10; 26:1; Php 1:7; 1Ti 1:20; 2Ti 4:14. [34] 1K 18:26; Mt 6:7; Ac 16:20; 19:26, 28; Ro 2:22; Rv 13:4. which is appeased by the town clerk.35 Andº when the² townclerkº had appeasedºª the² people,º he said,ºª [Ye] menº of Ephesus,º² whatº¹ manº is² there¹ª thatº knowethºª notº how that the² cityº of the Ephesiansº isºª a worshipperº of the² greatº goddessº Diana,º andº of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?º 36 Seeing¹ª thenº that these thingsº cannot be spoken against,º² yeº² oughtºª¹ª to beºª quiet,ºª andº to doºª nothingº rashly.º 37 Forº ye have brought² hither¹ª theseº men,º which are neitherº robbers of churches,º nor² yet¹ blasphemersºª of yourº goddess.º 38 Whereforeº¹ ifº² Demetrius,º andº the² craftsmenº which are withº him,º haveºª a matterº againstº any man,º the law¹ is open,ºª² andº there areºª deputies:º let them impleadºª one another.º 39 Butº ifº ye enquireºª any thingº concerningº other matters,º it shall be determinedºª inº a lawfulº assembly.º 40 Forº¹ we are in dangerºª to² be called in questionºª forº this day'sº uproar,º there beingºª noº causeº wherebyºº we mayºª giveºª an accountº of thisº concourse.º 41 Andº when he had¹ª thusº spoken,ºª he dismissedºª the² assembly.º [35] Ac 14:12; 19:26; Ep 2:12; 2Th 2:10; 1Ti 4:2.
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