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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 19 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/acts/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Paul in Ephesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”</p> <p class="reg">They answered him, “No, 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>He then asked, “Then into what were you baptized?”</p> <p class="reg">They answered, “Into John’s baptism.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Paul said, “John baptized when they repented, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>On hearing 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>When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:6 Or tongues; the Gk. lacks foreign">a</a></span> and to prophesy. <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="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He went into the synagogue and spoke there boldly for three months, holding discussions and persuading those who heard him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:8 Lit. persuading them">b</a></span> about the kingdom of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But when some people became stubborn, refused to believe, and slandered the Way in front of the people, Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:9 Lit. he">c</a></span> left them, taking his disciples away with him, and held daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:9 Other mss. read of a certain Tyrannus from the fifth hour to the tenth">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God continued to do extraordinary miracles through Paul.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:11 Lit. through Paul’s hands">e</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his skin were taken to the sick, their diseases left them and evil spirits went out of them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then some Jews who went around trying to drive out demons attempted to use the name of the Lord Jesus on those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by that Jesus whom Paul preaches!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But the evil spirit told them, “Jesus I know, and I am getting acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them, got the better of them, and so violently overpowered all of them that they fled out of the house naked and bruised. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When this became known to everyone living in Ephesus, Jews and Greeks alike, they all became terrified, and the name of the Lord Jesus began to be held in high honor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Many who became believers kept coming to confess and talk about what they had been doing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Moreover, many people who had practiced occult arts gathered their books and burned them in front of everybody. They estimated their value and found them to have been worth 50,000 silver coins.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:19 The denomination of coin is unspecified">f</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In that way the word of the Lord kept spreading and triumphing.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After these things had happened, Paul decided<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:21 Or Paul resolved in the Spirit">g</a></span> to go through Macedonia and Achaia and then to go on to Jerusalem. “After I have gone there,” he told them, “I must also see Rome.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed in Asia a while longer.</p> <p class="heading">A Riot in Ephesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now about that time a great commotion broke out concerning the Way. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>By making silver shrines of Artemis, a silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for skilled workers. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He called a meeting of these men and others who were engaged in similar trades and said, “Men, you well know that we get a good income from this business. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:26 The Gk. lacks human">h</a></span> hands are not gods at all. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The city was filled with confusion, and the people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:29 Lit. they">i</a></span> rushed into the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s fellow travelers from Macedonia. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Paul wanted to go into the crowd, but the disciples wouldn’t let him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Even some officials of the province of Asia who were his friends sent him a message urging him not to risk his life in the theater.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, since the crowd was confused, and most of them didn’t know why they were meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Some of the crowd concluded it was because of Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front. So Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, “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>When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who in the world<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:35 Lit. who among people">j</a></span> doesn’t know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:35 Or from Zeus">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Since these things cannot be denied, you must be quiet and not do anything reckless. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>For you have brought these men here, although they neither rob temples nor blaspheme our<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:37 Other mss. read your">l</a></span> goddess. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>But if you want anything else, it must be settled in the regular assembly, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>because we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, and there is no good reason we can give to justify this commotion.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/19-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>After saying this, he dismissed the assembly.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 19:6 Or <i>tongues</i>; the Gk. lacks <i>foreign</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 19:8 Lit. <i>persuading them</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 19:9 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 19:9 Other mss. read <i>of a certain Tyrannus from the fifth hour to the tenth</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 19:11 Lit. <i>through Paul’s hands</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 19:19 The denomination of coin is unspecified<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 19:21 Or <i>Paul resolved in the Spirit</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 19:26 The Gk. lacks <i>human</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 19:29 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 19:35 Lit. <i>who among people</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 19:35 Or <i>from Zeus</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 19:37 Other mss. read <i>your</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/acts/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>