(Jews) united attack on Paul and brought him into court. This man, they charged, is
persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law. Just as Paul
was about to speak, Galio said to the Jews,
If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime,
it would be reasonable for me to listen to you. But since it involves questions
about words and names and your own law - settle the matter yourselves.
I will not be a judge of such things. So he had them ejected from the court. Then
they all turned on Sosthenes the synagogue ruler and beat him in front of
the court; Galio showed no concern.
Paul stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he left the brothers and sail for
Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.
Before he sailed he had his hair cut off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had
taken. They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself
went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to
spend more time with them, he declined. But as he left, he promised, I will come back
if it is God's will. Then he set sail from Ephesus. when he landed at Caesarea,
he went up to greet the church and then went down to Antioch. After spending
some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled from place to place
throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He
was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures. He had been
instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with great fervour and taught
about Jesus accurately, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to
speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they
invited into their home and explained to him the way of God more adequately. When
Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the
disciples there to welcome him. On arriving, he was a great help to those
who by grace had believed. For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public
debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and
arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples and asked them, did you receive
the Holy Spirit when you believed? They answered: No! we have not even heard there
is a Holy Spirit. So Paul asked them: What baptism did you receive? John's baptism,
they replied. Paul said, John's baptism was a baptism of repentance.
He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus. On
hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke
in tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve men and all. Paul entered
the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months,
arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. But some of them became obstinate;
they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took
the disciples With him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the
province of Asia heard the word of the Lord. God did extraordinary miracles
through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him taken to the
sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them. Some Jews who
went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord
Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say: In the
name of Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out. Seven sons of
Sceva, a Jewish chief priests, were doing this.
And one day the evil spirit answered them: Jesus I know, and I know about Paul,
but who are you? Then the man who had the evil spirit
jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they
ran out of the house naked and bleeding. When this became known to the Jews and
Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the
Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
Many of those who believe now came and openly confess their evil deeds. A number
who had practiced sorcery brought their Scrolls together and burned them
publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to 50,000
drachmas. In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through
Macedonia and Achaia. After I have been there, he said, I must visit Rome also. He
sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus to Macedonia, while he stayed
in the province of Asia a little longer.
About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way. A silversmith
named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in no little business
for the craftsmen there. He called them together along with the workmen in related
trades, and said: Men, you know we receive a good income from this business. And you
see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers
of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia.
He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
there is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that
the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess
herself, who's worshipped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be
robbed of her divine majesty. When they heard this, they were furious and began
shouting: Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
Soon the whole city was it an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus,
Paul's travelling companions from Macedonia, and rushed as one man into the
theatre. Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let
him. Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a
message begging him not to venture into the theatre. The Assembly was in
confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not
even know why they were there. The Jews pushed Alexander to the front,
and some of the crowd shouted instructions to him. He motioned for
silence in order to make a defense before the people. When they realized he
was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: Great is Artemis of the Ephisians!
the city clerk quieted the crowd and said: Men of Ephesus, doesn't all the world know that the city
of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image,
which fell from heaven?
Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to be quiet and not
do anything rash.
You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples nor
blaspheme our goddess. if, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a
grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They can
press charges. If there is anything further you want to bring up,
it must be settled in a legal assembly. As it is, we are in danger of being
charged with rioting because of today's events. In that case we would not be able
to account for this commotion, since there is no (reason for it.)
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