Acts 19:8-22

8So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God.

9But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

10This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

11God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands,

12so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

13But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

14(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.)

15But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”

16Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

17This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.

18Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

19Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

20In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

21Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”

22So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.