a heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews
and Greeks. (11)And God wrought by the hands of Paul extraordinary
miracles; (12)so that even from his skin there were brought
handkerchiefs and aprons unto the diseased, and their disorders were
chased from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

(13)Then certain of the Jews, who went about as exorcists, attempted to
make mention of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil
spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. (14)And
they were seven sons of Sceva a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.
(15)Then the evil spirit replied, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but
who are ye? (16)And the man sprang upon them, in whom was the evil
spirit, and getting the mastery over them, prevailed against them, so
that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. (17)And this was
known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who dwelt at Ephesus: and fear fell
on them all, and they magnified the name of the Lord. (18)And many of
those who believed came, confessing and declaring their practices.
(19)And many of those who practised magical arts brought the books, and
burned them before all men; and they calculated the prices of them, and
found them worth fifty thousand pieces of silver. (20)So mightily did
the word of God increase and prevail.

(21)Now when these things were accomplished, Paul purposed by the
Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem,
saying, That after I have been there, I must see Rome also. (22)Then he
dispatched into Macedonia two of those who attended upon him, Timothy
and Erastus; while he himself continued a while longer in Asia. (23)And
there happened at that time no small disturbance about this way.
(24)For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made little
temples in silver to represent that of Diana, brought to the artificers
no small gain; (25)whom collecting together, with the workmen also of
such trinkets, he said, Sirs, ye know that by this employment we make
our advantageous livelihood: (26)and ye see and hear how not only at
Ephesus, but almost through all Asia, this fellow Paul, by his
persuasions, hath perverted a vast multitude, affirming that they are
not gods which are made with hands: (27)so that not only is this our
trade in danger of falling into contempt, but also that this temple of
the great goddess Diana should be counted as nothing, and that
henceforth also her magnificence should be utterly destro