Acts 19:1-20 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country to Ephesus, and found some disciples. ² He said to them: »Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?« They said: »We have never even heard of a Holy Spirit.« ³ Paul asked: »What kind of baptism did you get?« They replied: »It was the baptism John taught.« ⁴ Paul said: »John baptized with the baptism of repentance. He told the people they should believe in Jesus, the one who came after John.« ⁵ When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ Paul laid his hands on them and Holy Spirit came upon them. They spoke with tongues and prophesied. ⁷ There were twelve men in all. ⁸ He entered the synagogue and spoke boldly reasoning and persuading about the kingdom of God. He did this for three months. ⁹ Some were obstinate and publicly maligned The Way before the crowds. He departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ This continued for two years so that all who lived in this part of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. ¹¹ God did special miracles by the hands of Paul. ¹² Handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his body were put on the sick and the evil spirits went away. ¹³ Some Jews went around driving out evil spirits saying: »In the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches I command you to come out!« ¹⁴ And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, and a chief priest, who did this. ¹⁵ The evil spirit answered and said to them: »Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?« ¹⁶ The man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, and overpowered them. He gave them such a beating that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ This became known to all both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. They were all afraid. The name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸ Many of the believers confessed openly about the evil things they had done. ¹⁹ Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books and burned them in the sight of everyone. When they totaled the value of them it came to about fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰ The word of God kept on growing and prevailed.