Acts 19:12-27

12so thatG5620 evenG2532 handkerchiefsG46761 andG2228 apronsG4612 that had touched himG575G846G3588G5559 were takenG667 toG1909 theG3588 sickG770, andG2532 theG3588 diseasesG3554 andG5037 evilG4190 spiritsG4151 leftG1607G575 themG846.

13NowG1161 there were someG5100 itinerantG4022 JewishG2453 exorcistsG1845 who triedG2021 to invokeG3687 theG3588 nameG3686 of theG3588 LordG2962 JesusG2424 overG1909 thoseG3588 withG2192 evilG4190 spiritsG4151. They would sayG3004, “I commandG3726 youG4771 by JesusG2424, whomG3739 PaulG3972 proclaimsG2784.” 14SevenG2033 sonsG5207 of ScevaG5100G4630, a JewishG2453 chief priestG749, wereG1510 doingG4160 thisG3778.

15ButG1161 one day theG3588 evilG4190 spiritG4151 respondedG611G2036G846, “JesusG2424 I knowG1097, andG2532 I know aboutG1987 PaulG3972, butG1161 whoG5101 areG1510 youG4771?” 16ThenG2532 theG3588 manG444 withG3739G1510 theG3588 evilG4190 spiritG4151 jumpedG2177 onG1909 themG846 and overpoweredG2634 them allG297. The attackG2480G2596G846 was so violentG5620 that they ranG1628 out ofG1537 theG3588 houseG3624 nakedG1131 andG2532 woundedG5135.

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ThisG3778 becameG1096 knownG1110 to allG3956 theG3588 JewsG2453 andG2532 GreeksG1672 livingG2730 in EphesusG2181, andG2532 fearG5401 cameG1968 overG1909 allG3956 of themG846. So theG3588 nameG3686 of theG3588 LordG2962 JesusG2424 was held in high honorG3170. 18ManyG4183 whoG3588 had believedG4100 nowG5037 came forwardG2064, confessingG1843 andG2532 disclosingG312 theirG846 deedsG4234. 19AndG1161 a numberG2425 of those whoG3588 had practicedG4238 magic artsG4021 broughtG4851 their booksG976 and burnedG2618 them in front ofG1799 everyoneG3956. When theG3588 valueG5092 ofG846 the books was calculatedG4860, the total came to fifty thousandG4002G3461 drachmasG694.2 20SoG3779 theG3588 wordG3056 of theG3588 LordG2962 powerfullyG2596G2904 continued to spreadG837 andG2532 prevailG2480.

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AfterG5613 these thingsG3778 had happenedG4137, PaulG3972 resolvedG5087 inG1722 theG3588 SpiritG41513 to goG4198 toG1519 JerusalemG2414, passing throughG1330 MacedoniaG3109 andG2532 AchaiaG882. “AfterG3326 IG1473 have beenG1096 thereG1563,” he saidG2036, “IG1473 mustG1163 seeG3708 RomeG4516 as wellG2532.” 22He sentG649 twoG1417 ofG3588 hisG846 helpersG1247, TimothyG5095 andG2532 ErastusG2037, toG1519 MacedoniaG3109, while heG846 stayedG1907 for a timeG5550 inG1519 the province of AsiaG773.

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AboutG2596 thatG1565 timeG2540 there aroseG1096 a greatG3756G3641 disturbanceG50174 aboutG4012 theG3588 WayG3598. 24It began with aG5100 silversmithG695 namedG3686 DemetriusG1216 who madeG4160 silverG693 shrinesG3485 of ArtemisG735, bringingG3930 muchG3756G3641 businessG20395 to theG3588 craftsmenG5079.

25Demetrius assembledG3739G4867 the craftsmen, along withG2532 theG3588 workmenG2040 inG4012 relatedG3588 tradesG5108. “MenG435,” he saidG2036, “you knowG1987 thatG3754 thisG3778 businessG2039 isG1510 ourG1473 source of prosperityG2142. 26AndG2532 you can seeG2334 andG2532 hearG191 thatG3754 notG3756 onlyG3440 in EphesusG2181, but inG235 nearlyG4975 the wholeG3956 province of AsiaG773, thisG3778 PaulG3972 has persuadedG3982 a great numberG2425 of peopleG3793 to turn awayG3179. He saysG3004 thatG3754 man-madeG1096G1223G5495 gods areG1510 noG3756 godsG2316 at all. 27There is dangerG2793 notG3756 onlyG3440 that ourG1473 businessG3313 will fallG2064 intoG1519 disreputeG557, butG235 alsoG2532 that theG3588 templeG2411 of theG3588 greatG3173 goddessG2299 ArtemisG735 will be discreditedG3049G1519G3762 andG5037 herG846 majestyG3168 deposedG2507—she whoG3739 is worshipedG4576 by allG3650 the province of AsiaG773 andG2532 theG3588 whole worldG3625.”