ile Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having
passed through the upper districts came to Ephesus. And finding
certain disciples, (2)he said to them: Did ye receive the Holy Spirit
when ye believed? And they said to him: Nay, we did not even hear
whether there is a Holy Spirit. (3)And he said to them: Unto what then
were ye immersed? And they said: Unto John's immersion. (4)Then said
Paul: John indeed immersed with the immersion of repentance; saying to
the people, that they should believe on him who should come after him,
that is, on Jesus. (5)And when they heard this, they were immersed in
the name of the Lord Jesus. (6)And Paul having laid his hands upon
them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and
prophesied. (7)And all the men were about twelve.

(8)And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for three months,
reasoning and persuading them of the things concerning the kingdom of
God. (9)But when some were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil
of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated
the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. (10)And this
continued for two years; so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word
of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. (11)And God wrought special
miracles by the hands of Paul; (12)so that also there were carried
from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases
departed from them, and the evil spirits went out from them.

(13)Then some of the wandering Jewish exorcists took upon them to
name, over those who had the evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus,
saying: I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches. (14)And there
were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
(15)And the evil spirit answering said: Jesus I know, and Paul I well
know; but who are ye? (16)And the man in whom the evil spirit was
leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against both, so that
they fled out of that house naked and wounded. (17)And this became
known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus; and fear
fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
(18)And many of the believers came, confessing, and declaring their
deeds. (19)Many of those also who practiced curious arts brought
together the books, and burned them before all; and they counted the
price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. (20)So
mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

(21)Whe