Murdock(i)
1 And while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled over the upper countries to Ephesus. And he inquired of the disciples whom he found there,
2 Have ye received the Holy Spirit, since ye believed? They answered and said to him: If there be a Holy Spirit, it hath not come to our hearing.
3 He said to them: Into what then were ye baptized? They say: Into the baptism of John.
4 Paul said to them: John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, while he told them to believe in him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus the Messiah.
5 And when they heard these things, they were baptized in the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah.
6 And Paul laid his hand on them; and the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in various tongues, and prophesied.
7 And all the persons were twelve.
8 And Paul entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly three months, persuading in regard to the kingdom of God.
9 And some of them were hardened, and disputatious, and reviled the way of God before the assembly of the people. Then Paul withdrew himself, and separated the disciples from them. And he discoursed with them daily in the school of a man named Tyrannus.
10 And this continued for two years, until all who resided in Proconsular Asia, both Jews and Gentiles, heard the word of the Lord.
11 And God wrought very great miracles by the hand of Paul:
12 so that, from the clothes on his body, napkins and rags were carried and laid upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and demons also went out.
13 And moreover certain Jews, who went: about exorcising demons, were disposed to exorcise in the name of our Lord Jesus over those who had unclean spirits, by saying: We adjure you, in the name of that Jesus whom Paul announceth.
14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, who did this.
15 And the evil demon answered and said to them: Jesus I well know, and Paul I know, but as for you, who are ye?
16 And the man in whom was the evil demon leaped upon them, and overpowered them, and threw them down: and they fled out of the house denuded and bruised.
17 And this became known to all the Jews and Gentiles, who resided at Ephesus. And fear fell on them all, and the name of our Lord Jesus Messiah was exalted.
18 And many of them that believed, came and narrated their faults, and confessed what they had done.
19 And also many magicians collected their books, and brought and burned them before every body: and they computed the cost of them, and it amounted to fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 And thus with great power was the faith of God strengthened and increased.