2)
Filling up the deficiency in the ministry of Apollos
19:1-7
Acts 19
:1
19:1
Now while
aApollos was in Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came down to
bEphesus and found some disciples,
Acts 19
:2
19:2
And he said to them, Did you
1receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? And they
said to him, On the contrary, we did
2anot even hear whether there is a Holy Spirit.
Acts 19
:3
19:3
And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into
1aJohn's baptism.
Acts 19
:4
19:4
And Paul said, John baptized with a
abaptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe into the One coming
bafter him, that is, into Jesus.
Acts 19
:5
19:5
And when they heard
this, they were baptized
1into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 19
:6
19:6
And when Paul
1alaid his hands on them, the Holy
bSpirit came
2upon them, and they
3spoke in
ctongues and
dprophesied.
Acts 19
:7
19:7
And there were in all about twelve men.
3)
The ministry and its fruits — the Lord's word growing and prevailing
19:8-20
Acts 19
:8
19:8
And he
1entered into the
2asynagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and
bpersuading them in the things concerning the
3ckingdom of God.
Acts 19
:9
19:9
But when some were hardened and would not be persuaded,
aspeaking evil of the
1bWay before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of
2Tyrannus.
Acts 19
:10
19:10
And this took place for
atwo years, so that all those dwelling in
bAsia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and
cGreeks.
Acts 19
:11
19:11
And God did
1works of power of no ordinary kind through the
ahands of Paul,
Acts 19
:12
19:12
So that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his
1abody to the sick, and their diseases left them, and the evil
2spirits bwent out.
Acts 19
:13
19:13
But some of the Jewish
aexorcists who also went about took it upon themselves to name over those who had evil spirits the
bname of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.
Acts 19
:14
19:14
And there were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, doing this.
Acts 19
:15
19:15
And the evil spirit answered and said to them, Jesus I know of, and with Paul I am acquainted; but who are you?
Acts 19
:16
19:16
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, subdued both
of them, and overpowered them, so that they escaped out of that house naked and wounded.
Acts 19
:17
19:17
And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling in Ephesus; and
afear fell upon them all, and the
bname of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Acts 19
:18
19:18
And many of those who had believed came,
1aconfessing and making known their
2practices.
Acts 19
:19
19:19
And a considerable number of those who practiced magic brought their books together and
1burned them before all; and they counted up the price of them and found
it to be fifty thousand
2pieces of silver.
Acts 19
:20
19:20
1Thus, the word of the Lord
agrew mightily and prevailed.
4)
Purposing to go to Jerusalem and to Rome
19:21-22
Acts 19
:21
19:21
And when these things were fulfilled, Paul
1apurposed in his
2spirit to pass through
bMacedonia and Achaia and
3go to
cJerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also
4dsee Rome.
Acts 19
:22
19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of those who
aserved him,
bTimothy and
1Erastus, he himself
2stayed in Asia for a time.
5)
The disturbance
19:23-41
a)
The cause
vv. 23-34
Acts 19
:23
19:23
And about that time no small
adisturbance took place concerning the
1bWay.
Acts 19
:24
19:24
For a certain man named
1Demetrius, a silversmith who
2made silver shrines of
3Artemis, afforded no little business to the craftsmen.
Acts 19
:25
19:25
These he
1assembled together with the workmen of similar trades as well and said,
2Men, you know that from this business we have
our aprosperity.
Acts 19
:26
19:26
And you observe and hear that not only at Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and perverted a considerable number, saying that the gods being made by
ahands are no gods
at all.
Acts 19
:27
19:27
And not only is there danger that our trade will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the
agreat goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and that the magnificence of her whom the whole of Asia and the inhabited earth worships will also be overthrown.
Acts 19
:28
19:28
And when they heard
this, they became full of rage and began to cry out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
Acts 19
:29
19:29
And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, seizing
1Gaius and
aAristarchus of Macedonia, Paul's traveling
bcompanions.
Acts 19
:30
19:30
And when Paul intended to enter into the populace, the disciples would not allow him.
Acts 19
:31
19:31
And some of the
1Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and entreated
him not to venture into the theater himself.
Acts 19
:32
19:32
So then some were
acrying out one thing, and some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know for what cause they had come together.
Acts 19
:33
19:33
And they drew
1Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews having pushed him forward; and Alexander,
amotioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the populace.
Acts 19
:34
19:34
But when they realized that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, crying out,
aGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!
b)
The quieting
vv. 35-41
Acts 19
:35
19:35
And the town clerk, having quieted the crowd, said,
1Men of Ephesus, which of
you men is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the
image 2fallen from
aZeus?
Acts 19
:36
19:36
Since these things therefore cannot be disputed, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash;
Acts 19
:37
19:37
For you have brought forth these men
who are neither temple
arobbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
Acts 19
:38
19:38
If then Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a matter against anyone, courts are being conducted and there are
aproconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.
Acts 19
:39
19:39
But if you seek after anything further, it shall be settled in the
1legal assembly.
Acts 19
:40
19:40
For indeed we are in danger of being charged with
ainsurrection for today's affair, since there is no reason
for it; and with reference to it we will not be able to give an account concerning this disorderly gathering.
Acts 19
:41
19:41
And when he had said these things, he
1dismissed the assembly.
