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¹ And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul, passing through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples;² and he said unto them - Holy Spirit, received ye, when ye believed? And they said unto him - Nay! not even whether there is Holy Spirit, did we hear.³ And he said - Into what, then, were ye immersed? And, they, said - Unto John's immersion.⁴ Then said Paul - John, immersed with an immersion of repentance, unto the people, saying, that, on him who was coming after him, they should believe, - that is, on Jesus.⁵ And, when they heard this , they were immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus;⁶ and, Paul laying hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying.⁷ And all the men were about twelve.

⁸ And, entering into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the kingdom of God.⁹ But, when some were hardening themselves, and refusing to be persuaded, speaking evil of the Way before the throng, withdrawing from them, he separated the disciples; day by day, reasoning in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ And, this, took place for two years, so that, all who dwelt in Asia, heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.¹¹ Mighty works, also, not the ordinary, God was working through the hands of Paul;¹² so that, even unto the sick, were being carried from his body, handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases were departing from them, and, the wicked spirits, were going out.

¹³ But certain also of the wandering Jews, exorcists, took in hand to be naming, over them that had the wicked spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying - I adjure you, by Jesus whom Paul proclaimeth!¹⁴ And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a High-priest, who, this thing, were doing.¹⁵ But the wicked spirit. Answering, said unto them - Jesus, indeed, I am getting to know, and, Paul, I well-know, - but who are, ye?¹⁶ And the man in whom was the wicked spirit, springing upon them, mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that, naked and wounded, fled they out of that house.¹⁷ And, this, became known to all - both Jews and Greeks - who were dwelling in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified.¹⁸ Many also of them who had believed, were coming, making open confession, and renouncing their practices.¹⁹ And, a good many of them who had practised the curious arts, bringing together the books, were burning them before all; and they reckoned up the prices of them, and found them fifty thousand pieces of silver.²⁰ Thus, with might, the Lord's word, was growing and prevailing.

²¹ Now, when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit, going through Macedonia and Achaia, to be journeying unto Jerusalem, saying - After I have been there, Rome also, must I see!²² And, sending off into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself, held on awhile in Asia.²³ And there arose during that season no small disturbance concerning the Way.²⁴ For, one Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silvershrines, of Diana, used to bring unto the craftsmen no little business;²⁵ gathering whom together, and them who in such things wrought, he said - Men! ye well know that, by this business, we have our prosperity;²⁶ and ye perceive and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but well-nigh in all Asia, this Paul, hath persuaded and turned away a considerable multitude, saying that they are, no gods, which, with hands, are made.²⁷ And, not only is there danger that this our heritage into ill-repute may come, but even that the temple, of the great Goddess Diana, for nothing, may be counted; also that, even on the point of being pulled down, may be Her Majesty, whom, all Asia and the habitable world, do worship.²⁸ Now, hearing this, and becoming full of wrath, they began crying aloud, saying - Great, is Diana of the Ephesians!²⁹ And the city was filled with the confusion; they rushed also with one accord into the theatre, carrying off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.³⁰ But, Paul, being minded to enter in among the populace, the disciples would not suffer him.³¹ Moreover, certain of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sending unto him, were beseeching him not to adventure himself into the theatre.³² Others, indeed, were crying out something else; for the assembly had become confused, and, the greater part, knew not for what cause they had come together.³³ Howbeit, out of the multitude, they bare aloft one Alexander, the Jews thrusting him forward; Alexander, however, waving his hand, was wishing to make his defense unto the populace.³⁴ But, recognizing that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, as they cried aloud - Great, is Diana of the Ephesians!³⁵ Howbeit the town-clerk, having calmed the multitude, saith - Ephesians! why, who is there of mankind that doth not acknowledge the city of Ephesians to be temple-keeper of the Great Diana, and of the imagethat fell from Jupiter?³⁶ As these things, then, cannot be denied, it is needful that ye be calmed at once, and, nothing rash, be doing.³⁷ For ye have brought these men, neither as temple-robbers, nor as defaming our goddess.³⁸ If then, Demetrius, and the craftsmen with him, have against anyone an accusation, courts, are being held, and there are, proconsuls: let them accuse one another!³⁹ But, if after, something further, ye are seeking, in the regular assembly shall it be settled.⁴⁰ For we are, even in danger of being accused of riot, concerning this day, no cause at all, existing, by reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.⁴¹ And, these things, having said, he dismissed the assembly.