Acts 19:12-27

121soG5620 thatG5620 handkerchiefsG4676 orG2228 apronsG4612 were evenG2532 carriedG667 from his bodyG5559 to the sickG770, and the diseasesG3554 leftG525 them and 2the evilG4190 spiritsG4151 wentG1607 outG1607. 13But alsoG2532 someG5100 of the JewishG2453 3exorcistsG1845, who wentG4022 fromG4022 placeG4022 toG4022 placeG4022, attemptedG2021 to 4useG3687 the nameG3686 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424 overG1909 thoseG3588 who hadG2192 the evilG4190 spiritsG4151, sayingG3004, “I orderG3726 you inG3726 theG3726 nameG3726 ofG3726 JesusG2424 whomG3739 PaulG3972 preachesG2784!” 14NowG1161 there were sevenG2033 sonsG5207 of 5ScevaG4630, a JewishG2453 chiefG749 priestG749, doingG4160 thisG3778. 15But the evilG4190 spiritG4151 respondedG611 and saidG3004 to them, “I recognizeG1097 JesusG2424, and I knowG1987 of PaulG3972, but whoG5101 are you?” 16And the manG444 in whomG3739 was the evilG4190 spiritG4151, pouncedG2177 on them and subduedG2634 allG297 of them and overpoweredG2480 them, soG5620 thatG5620 they fledG1628 out of that houseG3624 nakedG1131 and woundedG5135. 17ThisG3778 becameG1096 knownG1110 to allG3956 who livedG2730 in 6EphesusG2181, bothG5037 JewsG2453 and GreeksG1672; and fearG5401 fellG1968 uponG1968 them allG3956 and the nameG3686 of the LordG2962 JesusG2424 was being magnifiedG3170. 18AlsoG5037 manyG4183 of thoseG3588 who had believedG4100 kept comingG2064, confessingG1843 and disclosingG312 their practicesG4234. 19And manyG2425 of thoseG3588 who practicedG4238 magicG4021 broughtG4851 their booksG976 togetherG4851 and began burningG2618 them inG1799 theG1799 sightG1799 ofG1799 everyoneG3956; and they addedG4860 upG4860 the pricesG5092 of 7the books and foundG2147 it to be fiftyG3461G4002 thousandG3461 89pieces of silverG694. 20SoG3779 1011the wordG3056 of the LordG2962 12was growingG837 and prevailingG2480 mightilyG2904.

21NowG1161 afterG5613 theseG3778 thingsG3778 were finishedG4137, PaulG3972 resolvedG5087 in 13the SpiritG4151 to 14goG4198 to JerusalemG2414 15after he had passedG1330 throughG1330 16MacedoniaG3109 and 17AchaiaG882, sayingG3004, “AfterG3326 I have beenG1096 thereG1563, 18I mustG1163 alsoG2532 seeG3708 RomeG4516.” 22And after he sentG649 into 19MacedoniaG3109 twoG1417 of 20thoseG3588 who assistedG1247 him, 21TimothyG5095 and 22ErastusG2037, he himselfG846 stayedG1907 in 2324AsiaG773 for a whileG5550.

23AboutG2596 that timeG2540 25a majorG3756G3641 disturbanceG5017 occurredG1096 inG4012 regardG4012 toG4012 2627the WayG3598. 24For a manG5100 namedG3686 DemetriusG1216, a silversmithG695 who madeG4160 silverG693 shrinesG3485 of 28ArtemisG735, 29was bringingG3930 30considerableG3756G3641 31businessG2039 to the craftsmenG5079; 25he gatheredG4867 theseG3739 menG3739 togetherG4867 with the workmenG2040 of similarG5108 trades, and saidG3004, “MenG435, you knowG1987 that our prosperityG2142 32dependsG1510G1537 upon thisG3778 businessG2039. 26You seeG2334 and hearG191 that not onlyG3440 in 33EphesusG2181, but in almostG4975 allG3956 of 3435AsiaG773, thisG3778 PaulG3972 has persuadedG3982 and turnedG3179 awayG3179 a considerableG2425 numberG3793 ofG3793 peopleG3793, sayingG3004 that 3637gods madeG1096 by handsG5495 are notG3756 godsG2316 at all. 27Not onlyG3440 isG2793 there dangerG2793 that thisG3778 tradeG3313 of oursG1473 will fallG2064 into disreputeG557, but alsoG2532 that the templeG2413 of the greatG3173 goddessG2299 38ArtemisG735 will be regardedG3049 as worthlessG3762, and that she whomG3739 allG3650 of 3940AsiaG773 and 41the 42worldG3625 worshipG4576 will evenG2532 be dethronedG2507 from her magnificenceG3168.”