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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Acts 19 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Acts 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/18.htm" title="Acts 18">◄</a> Acts 19 <a href="../acts/20.htm" title="Acts 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/acts/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Paul’s Third Missionary Journey</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them.</p><p class="reg">“No,” they replied, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked.</p><p class="reg">And they replied, “The baptism of John.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> and prophesied. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There were about twelve men in all.</p><p class="hdg">Paul Ministers in Ephesus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But some became stubborn, rejecting his message and publicly speaking against the Way. So Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. Then he held daily discussions at the lecture hall of Tyrannus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This went on for the next two years, so that people throughout the province of Asia—both Jews and Greeks—heard the word of the Lord.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases, and evil spirits were expelled.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Seven sons of Sceva, a leading priest, were doing this. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But one time when they tried it, the evil spirit replied, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, overpowered them, and attacked them with such violence that they fled from the house, naked and battered.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus, to Jews and Greeks alike. A solemn fear descended on the city, and the name of the Lord Jesus was greatly honored. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So the message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Afterward Paul felt compelled by the Spirit<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> to go over to Macedonia and Achaia before going to Jerusalem. “And after that,” he said, “I must go on to Rome!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He sent his two assistants, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia while he stayed awhile longer in the province of Asia.</p><p class="hdg">The Riot in Ephesus</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>About that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus concerning the Way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>It began with Demetrius, a silversmith who had a large business manufacturing silver shrines of the Greek goddess Artemis.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> He kept many craftsmen busy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He called them together, along with others employed in similar trades, and addressed them as follows:</p><p class="reg">“Gentlemen, you know that our wealth comes from this business. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren’t really gods at all. And he’s done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Of course, I’m not just talking about the loss of public respect for our business. I’m also concerned that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will lose its influence and that Artemis—this magnificent goddess worshiped throughout the province of Asia and all around the world—will be robbed of her great prestige!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>At this their anger boiled, and they began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Soon the whole city was filled with confusion. Everyone rushed to the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, who were Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Paul wanted to go in, too, but the believers wouldn’t let him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, also sent a message to him, begging him not to risk his life by entering the amphitheater.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Inside, the people were all shouting, some one thing and some another. Everything was in confusion. In fact, most of them didn’t even know why they were there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward and told him to explain the situation. He motioned for silence and tried to speak. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they started shouting again and kept it up for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>At last the mayor was able to quiet them down enough to speak. “Citizens of Ephesus,” he said. “Everyone knows that Ephesus is the official guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, whose image fell down to us from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Since this is an undeniable fact, you should stay calm and not do anything rash. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>You have brought these men here, but they have stolen nothing from the temple and have not spoken against our goddess.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>“If Demetrius and the craftsmen have a case against them, the courts are in session and the officials can hear the case at once. Let them make formal charges. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And if there are complaints about other matters, they can be settled in a legal assembly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>I am afraid we are in danger of being charged with rioting by the Roman government, since there is no cause for all this commotion. And if Rome demands an explanation, we won’t know what to say.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a>Then he dismissed them, and they dispersed.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:1 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">disciples;</span><span class="ft"> also in 19:9, 30.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">in other languages.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">50,000 pieces of silver,</span><span class="ft"> each of which was the equivalent of a day’s wage.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">decided in his spirit.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="it">Artemis</span><span class="ft"> is otherwise known as Diana.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:41 </span><span class="ft">Some translations include verse 41 as part of verse 40.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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