1 While|strong="G1722" Apollos was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Corinth|strong="G2882", Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G2064" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" interior regions|strong="G3313" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181", where|strong="G1722" he|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2064" across|strong="G1330" some|strong="G5100" disciples|strong="G3101".
2 He|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" them|strong="G3588", “Did|strong="G4100" you|strong="G1487" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1161" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" when|strong="G1161" you|strong="G1487" believed|strong="G4100"?” They|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588", “No|strong="G3761", we|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3761" even|strong="G3761" heard that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151".”
3 So|strong="G3767" Paul|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588", “Into|strong="G1519" what|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767" were|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3004" baptized?” They|strong="G1161" said|strong="G3004", “Into|strong="G1519" John|strong="G2491"'s baptism.”
4 Then|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" said|strong="G3004", “John|strong="G2491" baptized with|strong="G3326" a|strong="G1519" baptism of|strong="G2424" repentance|strong="G3341", telling|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1519" people|strong="G2992" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G2064" after|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588", that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510", in|strong="G1519" Christ Jesus|strong="G2424".”
5 On|strong="G1519" hearing this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" baptized in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G1519" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424".
6 And|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972" laid|strong="G2007" his|strong="G1438" hands|strong="G5495" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" came|strong="G2064" upon|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1909" speaking|strong="G2980" in|strong="G1909" tongues|strong="G1100" and|strong="G2532" prophesying|strong="G4395".
7 There|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" about|strong="G5616" twelve|strong="G1427" men|strong="G3956" in|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956".
8 Over|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" period|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4012" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376" Paul|strong="G1256" would|strong="G2316" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" synagogue|strong="G4864" and|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3955" boldly|strong="G3955", reasoning|strong="G1256" and|strong="G2532" persuading|strong="G3982" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G1525" about|strong="G4012" the|strong="G2532" kingdom of|strong="G4012" God|strong="G2316".
9 But|strong="G1161" some|strong="G5100" became|strong="G3588" hardened|strong="G4645" and|strong="G2532" refused to|strong="G2532" believe, speaking|strong="G2551" evil|strong="G2551" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" Way|strong="G3598" in|strong="G1722" front|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G1722" congregation|strong="G4128". So|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1256" left them|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" disciples|strong="G3101" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", reasoning|strong="G1256" daily|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lecture hall of|strong="G2250" a|strong="G5613" man|strong="G5100" named Tyrannus|strong="G5181".
10 This|strong="G3778" continued|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1909" two|strong="G1417" years|strong="G2094", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" dwelt|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1909" Asia|strong="G3588", both|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672", heard the|strong="G2532" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2532".
11 Now|strong="G3756" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G3588" performing|strong="G4160" extraordinary|strong="G5177" miracles|strong="G1411" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G1223" Paul|strong="G3972",
12 so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" cloths or|strong="G2228" aprons|strong="G4612" that|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" touched his|strong="G1909" skin were|strong="G3588" placed upon|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" sick, and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" diseases|strong="G3554" left them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151" came|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1607" of|strong="G4151" them|strong="G3588".
13 Then|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" itinerant|strong="G4022" Jewish|strong="G2453" exorcists|strong="G1845" attempted|strong="G2021" to|strong="G2532" invoke the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" over|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2192" evil|strong="G4190" spirits|strong="G4151". They|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", “We|strong="G3739" adjure|strong="G3726" you|strong="G5210" by|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" whom|strong="G3739" Paul|strong="G3972" preaches|strong="G2784".”
14 Seven|strong="G2033" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Sceva|strong="G4630", a|strong="G1510" Jewish|strong="G2453" high|strong="G5100" priest, were|strong="G1510" doing|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778".
15 But|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G4190" spirit|strong="G4151" responded|strong="G3004", “I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097" Jesus|strong="G2424", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" acquainted|strong="G1987" with|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G3972", but|strong="G1161" who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210"?”
16 Then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G4190" spirit|strong="G4151" jumped|strong="G2177" on|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588", overpowered|strong="G2480" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" prevailed|strong="G2480" against|strong="G2596" them|strong="G3588", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" fled|strong="G1628" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" house|strong="G3624" naked|strong="G1131" and|strong="G2532" wounded|strong="G5135".
17 When|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" became|strong="G1096" known|strong="G1110" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" who|strong="G3588" dwelt|strong="G2730" in|strong="G1909" Ephesus|strong="G2181", fear|strong="G5401" fell|strong="G1968" upon|strong="G1909" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" was|strong="G1096" being|strong="G1096" magnified|strong="G3170".
18 Many|strong="G4183" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" become believers|strong="G4100" came|strong="G2064" forward, confessing|strong="G1843" and|strong="G2532" disclosing their|strong="G2532" practices|strong="G4234",
19 while|strong="G1161" many|strong="G2425" who|strong="G3588" practiced|strong="G4238" magical arts|strong="G4021" brought|strong="G1161" their|strong="G2532" books together|strong="G4851" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1161" burning|strong="G2618" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" front|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956". When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" value|strong="G5092" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" books was|strong="G3588" added up|strong="G2618", the|strong="G2532" total came|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" fifty|strong="G3461" thousand|strong="G3461" silver coins.
20 In|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3779" the|strong="G2532" word|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" was|strong="G3588" increasing and|strong="G2532" prevailing|strong="G2480" mightily|strong="G2904".
21 After|strong="G3326" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3778" had|strong="G2532" taken|strong="G1096" place|strong="G1096", Paul|strong="G3972" resolved|strong="G4151" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1519" spirit|strong="G4151" to|strong="G1519" pass|strong="G1096" through|strong="G1722" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" Achaia and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" on|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2414", saying|strong="G3004", “After|strong="G3326" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" there|strong="G1563", I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G1163" see|strong="G3708" Rome|strong="G4516" also|strong="G2532".”
22 So|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" two|strong="G1417" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" helpers, Timothy|strong="G5095" and|strong="G2532" Erastus|strong="G2037", to|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109", while|strong="G5550" he|strong="G2532" himself|strong="G1519" stayed|strong="G1907" in|strong="G1519" Asia|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" period|strong="G5550" of|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5550".
23 About|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3588" time|strong="G2540" a|strong="G1096" great|strong="G3756" disturbance|strong="G5017" arose|strong="G1096" concerning|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" Way|strong="G3598".
24 For|strong="G1063" a|strong="G4160" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Demetrius|strong="G1216", a|strong="G4160" silversmith who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4160" silver shrines|strong="G3485" of|strong="G3686" Artemis, brought|strong="G3930" in|strong="G3756" a|strong="G4160" great|strong="G3756" deal of|strong="G3686" business|strong="G2039" to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3588" craftsmen|strong="G5079".
25 He|strong="G2532" gathered|strong="G4867" these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" together|strong="G4867", along|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1537" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" worked in|strong="G2532" similar|strong="G5108" trades, and|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004", “Men|strong="G3778", you|strong="G3739" know|strong="G1987" that|strong="G3754" our|strong="G2532" wealth|strong="G2142" is|strong="G1510" derived|strong="G1537" from|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" business|strong="G2039".
26 You|strong="G3754" also|strong="G2532" see|strong="G2334" and|strong="G2532" hear that|strong="G3754", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" in|strong="G2532" Ephesus|strong="G2181", but|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" nearly|strong="G4975" all|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1223" Asia|strong="G3588", this|strong="G3778" man|strong="G3778" Paul|strong="G3972" has|strong="G2316" persuaded|strong="G3982" and|strong="G2532" drawn away|strong="G3179" a|strong="G1096" considerable|strong="G2425" crowd|strong="G3793", saying|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" gods|strong="G2316" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" hands|strong="G5495" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" gods|strong="G2316" at|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956".
27 Not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" is|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" danger|strong="G2793" that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" trade|strong="G3313" of|strong="G2532" ours|strong="G1473" might|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064" into|strong="G1519" disrepute, but|strong="G1161" also|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="G2411" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" goddess|strong="G2299" Artemis might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" regarded|strong="G3049" as|strong="G1519" nothing|strong="G3762", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" her|strong="G1519" magnificence|strong="G3168" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G2064" down|strong="G2507", whom|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3650" Asia|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625" worship|strong="G4576".”
28 When|strong="G1161" they|strong="G2532" heard this|strong="G3588", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" filled|strong="G4134" with|strong="G2532" rage|strong="G2372" and|strong="G2532" began|strong="G1096" crying|strong="G2896" out|strong="G2896", “Great|strong="G3173" is|strong="G3588" Artemis of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Ephesians|strong="G2180"!”
29 So|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" whole city|strong="G4172" was|strong="G3588" filled|strong="G4130" with|strong="G2532" confusion|strong="G4799", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" rushed|strong="G3729" with|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" accord|strong="G3661" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" amphitheater, seizing Gaius|strong="G1050" and|strong="G2532" Aristarchus, Macedonians|strong="G3110" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" Paul|strong="G3972"'s traveling|strong="G4898" companions|strong="G3588".
30 Although|strong="G1161" Paul|strong="G3972" wanted|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" public assembly|strong="G1218", the|strong="G1519" disciples|strong="G3101" would|strong="G1014" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1439" him|strong="G3588".
31 Even|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" provincial officials of|strong="G2532" Asia|strong="G3588", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" friends|strong="G5384" of|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G1510", sent|strong="G3992" word|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", begging|strong="G3870" him|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" venture|strong="G1325" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" amphitheater.
32 Now|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" were|strong="G1510" shouting|strong="G2896" one|strong="G5100" thing|strong="G5100", and|strong="G2532" some|strong="G5100" were|strong="G1510" shouting|strong="G2896" another|strong="G5100", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" assembly|strong="G1577" was|strong="G1510" confused|strong="G4797", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" majority|strong="G4183" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" for|strong="G1063" what|strong="G5101" reason|strong="G1752" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" come|strong="G4905" together|strong="G4905".
33 So|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1537" Jews|strong="G2453" put|strong="G4261" forward|strong="G4261" Alexander, who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" then|strong="G1161" brought|strong="G1161" before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" crowd|strong="G3793". Alexander motioned|strong="G2678" with|strong="G1537" his|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G5495", wishing|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" make|strong="G2309" a|strong="G3793" defense to|strong="G2309" the|strong="G1537" public assembly|strong="G1218".
34 But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" realized|strong="G1921" he|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" Jew|strong="G2453", a|strong="G1096" single|strong="G1520" outcry|strong="G5456" arose|strong="G1096" from|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" as|strong="G5613" they|strong="G1161" shouted|strong="G2896" for|strong="G3754" about|strong="G5613" two|strong="G1417" hours|strong="G5610", “Great|strong="G3173" is|strong="G1510" Artemis of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" Ephesians|strong="G2180"!”
35 When|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" clerk|strong="G1122" had|strong="G2532" quieted|strong="G2687" the|strong="G2532" crowd|strong="G3793", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G5346", “Men|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Ephesus|strong="G2180", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" does|strong="G1097" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Ephesians|strong="G2180" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" temple|strong="G3511" keeper of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" goddess Artemis and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" image that|strong="G3739" fell|strong="G2532" down|strong="G1356" from|strong="G2532" Zeus?
36 Therefore|strong="G3767", since these|strong="G3778" facts are|strong="G1510" undeniable, you|strong="G5210" must|strong="G1163" keep|strong="G4238" calm|strong="G2687" and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3367" do|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G3367" rash|strong="G4312".
37 For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3778" have|strong="G1473" brought these|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" here|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" neither|strong="G3777" temple robbers|strong="G2417" nor|strong="G3777" blasphemers of|strong="G2316" your|strong="G3588" goddess|strong="G2316".
38 So|strong="G3767" if|strong="G1487" Demetrius|strong="G1216" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" fellow craftsmen|strong="G5079" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" complaint|strong="G3056" against|strong="G4314" anyone|strong="G5100", the|strong="G2532" courts are|strong="G1510" open, and|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" proconsuls; let|strong="G1510" them|strong="G3588" bring|strong="G1458" charges|strong="G1458" against|strong="G4314" one|strong="G5100" another|strong="G5100".
39 But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" seek|strong="G1934" anything|strong="G5100" concerning|strong="G4012" other|strong="G2087" matters|strong="G2087", it|strong="G1161" must|strong="G5100" be|strong="G3588" settled|strong="G1956" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" lawful|strong="G1772" assembly|strong="G1577".
40 For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" danger|strong="G2793" of|strong="G4012" being|strong="G5225" charged with|strong="G2532" rioting|strong="G4714" in|strong="G2532" connection|strong="G4012" with|strong="G2532" today|strong="G4594"'s events, since|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" reason|strong="G3056" we|strong="G3739" can|strong="G1410" give|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" account|strong="G3056" for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" disorderly|strong="G4963" gathering|strong="G4963".”
41 And|strong="G2532" after|strong="G2532" saying|strong="G3004" this|strong="G3778", he|strong="G2532" dismissed the|strong="G2532" assembly|strong="G1577".