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Acts 19:12-27

12insomuchthatuntothesickG770werecarriedawayG667fromhisbodyhandkerchiefsoraprons,andthediseasesG3554departedfromthem,andtheevilπονηρὰponēraG4190spiritsπνεύματαpneumataG4151wentG1607out.

13ButcertainG5100alsoκαὶkaiG2532ofthestrollingJewsG2453,exorcists, tookuponthemtonameὄνομαonomaG3686overthemthathadtheevilπονηρὰponēraG4190spiritsπνεύματαpneumataG4151thenameG3686oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦIēsouG2424,sayingλέγοντες·legontesG3004,IadjureὁρκίζωhorkizōG3726youbyJesusἸησοῦνIēsounG2424whomPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972preacheth.

14AndtherewereG1510sevenἑπτὰheptaG2033sonsυἱοὶhuioiG5207ofoneG5100Sceva,aJewG2453,achiefG749priestἀρχιερέωςarchiereōsG749,whodidthis.

15AndtheevilπονηρὸνponēronG4190spiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151answeredἀποκριθὲνapokrithenG611andsaidG3004untothem,JesusἸησοῦνIēsounG2424IknowγινώσκωginōskōG1097,andPaulΠαῦλονPaulonG3972IknowG1097;butwhoareG1510ye?

16AndthemanἄνθρωποςanthrōposG444inwhomtheevilπονηρόν,ponēronG4190spiritπνεῦμαpneumaG4151wasG1510leapedonthem,andmasteredbothofthem,andprevailedagainstthem,sothattheyfledoutofthathouseοἴκουoikouG3624nakedγυμνοὺςgumnousG1131andwoundedτετραυματισμένουςtetraumatismenousG5135.

17AndthisbecameG1096knowntoall,bothJewsἸουδαίοιςIoudaioisG2453andGreeksἝλλησινHellēsinG1672,thatdweltatEphesusἜφεσονEphesonG2181;andfearφόβοςphobosG5401felluponthemall,andthenameὄνομαonomaG3686oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962JesusἸησοῦ,IēsouG2424wasmagnifiedG3170.

18ManyπολλοίpolloiG4183alsoG2532ofthemthathadbelievedG4100cameG2064,confessingG1843,anddeclaringG312theirdeedsπράξειςpraxeisG4234.

19Andnotafewofthemthatpractised magical arts broughttheirbooksG976togetherandburnedG2618theminthesightofall;andtheycountedthepriceG5092ofthem,andfoundG2147itfiftythousandpiecesofsilverG694.

20SomightilygrewG837thewordλόγοςlogosG3056oftheLordκυρίουkuriouG2962andprevailed.

21NowδὲdeG1161afterthesethingsταῦτα,tautaG3778wereended,PaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972purposedinthespiritπνεύματιpneumatiG4151,whenG5613hehadpassedG1330throughMacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonianG3109andAchaiaἈχαΐανAchaianG882,togoπορεύεσθαιporeuesthaiG4198toJerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaG2414,sayingG3004,AfterIhavebeenthere,ImustalsoG2532seeG3708RomeῬώμηνRhōmēnG4516.

22AndhavingsentG649intoMacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonianG3109twoδύοduoG1417ofthemthatministeredδιακονούντωνdiakonountōnG1247untohim,TimothyΤιμόθεονTimotheonG5095andErastusἜραστον,ErastonG2037,hehimselfstayedinAsiaἈσίαν.¶AsianG773forawhile.

23AndaboutthattimeκαιρὸνkaironG2540therearoseἘγένετοEgenetoG1096nosmallὀλίγοςoligosG3641stirconcerningπερὶperiG4012theWayὁδοῦ.¶hodouG3598.

24ForacertainτιςtisG5100mannamedG3686DemetriusΔημήτριοςDēmētriosG1216,asilversmith,whomadeG4160silverἀργυροῦςargurousG693shrinesofDiana,broughtπαρείχετοpareichetoG3930nolittleὀλίγηνoligēnG3641businessἐργασίαν,ergasianG2039untothecraftsmenτεχνίταιςtechnitaisG5079;

25whomhegatheredtogetherσυναθροίσαςsunathroisasG4867,withtheworkmenἐργάταςergatasG2040oflikeoccupation,andsaidG3004, Sirs, yeknowἐπίστασθεepistastheG1987thatbythisbusinessἐργασίαςergasiasG2039wehaveourwealth.

26AndyeseeθεωρεῖτεtheōreiteG2334andhearἀκούετεakoueteG191,thatnotaloneG3441atEphesusἘφέσουEphesouG2181,butalmostσχεδὸνschedonG4975throughoutallAsiaἈσίαςAsiasG773,thisPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972hathpersuadedG3982andturnedawaymuchpeopleὄχλονochlonG3793,sayingλέγωνlegōnG3004thattheyareG1510nogodsθεοὶtheoiG2316,thatareG1510madewithhandsχειρῶνcheirōnG5495:

27andnotonlyG3440istheredangerG2793thatthisourtradecomeἐλθεῖνeltheinG2064intodisrepute;butalsoG2532thatthetempleofthegreatμεγάληςmegalēsG3173goddessDianabemadeofnoaccount,andthatsheshouldevenG2532bedeposedfromhermagnificencewhomallAsiaἈσίαAsiaG773andtheworldοἰκουμένηoikoumenēG3625worshippeth.

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