vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/19.json

{
  "1": "And it happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper parts to come down to Ephesus, and to find certain disciples.",
  "2": "And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” But they said to him, “No, we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "3": "And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into the baptism of John.”",
  "4": "But Paul replied, “John baptized a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the one who is coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "5": "And having heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.",
  "6": "And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they began to speak in tongues and prophesy.",
  "7": "And they were about 12 men in all.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "8": "And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.",
  "9": "But when some were hardened and being disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the crowd, having departed from them, he took the disciples with him, reasoning with them each day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.",
  "10": "And this happened for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "11": "And God was doing not ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,",
  "12": "so that even handkerchiefs and aprons from his body were taken to the sick and their illnesses departed from them, and the evil spirits came out of them.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "13": "But some traveling Jewish exorcists also tried to call on the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”",
  "14": "And seven certain sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "15": "But answering, an evil spirit said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?”",
  "16": "And the man in whom was the evil spirit, after leaping on them, overpowering them, prevailed over each of them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.",
  "17": "And this became known to all those living in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "18": "And many of those who believed were coming, confessing and declaring their deeds.",
  "19": "And many of those who practiced the magical arts, having brought their books together, burned them before everyone. And they counted the value of them, and they found it to be 50, 000 pieces of silver.",
  "20": "So the word of the Lord was spreading and prevailing according to power.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "21": "Now as soon as this was completed, Paul determined in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia to travel to Jerusalem, having said, “After I have been there, it is necessary for me also to see Rome.”",
  "22": "And having sent to Macedonia two of those helping him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a time.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "23": "But at about that time, there was no small disturbance concerning the Way.",
  "24": "For a certain silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in not a little business for the craftsmen.",
  "25": "And he, having gathered together the workmen of that occupation, said, “Men, you know that our prosperity is from this business.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "26": "And you see and hear that, not only at Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd. He is saying that the things that are being made with hands are not gods.",
  "27": "And not only is this trade in peril for us to come to disrepute, but that even the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be considered as nothing. And indeed, her majesty is about to be destroyed—she whom all Asia and the world worships.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "28": "And having heard this and having become filled with anger, they cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.”",
  "29": "And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, having seized Paul’s Macedonian travel companions, Gaius and Aristarchus.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "30": "But when Paul was desiring to enter in among the people, the disciples did not permit him.",
  "31": "And also, some of the officials of Asia who were his friends sent to him exhorted him not to offer himself in the theater.",
  "32": "So then different ones were shouting a different thing, for the assembly was confused, and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "33": "And some from the crowd instructed Alexander, whom the Jews had pushed forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wanting to give a defense to the assembly.",
  "34": "But when they had become aware that he is a Jew, there was one voice from all of them, as for two hours they are crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "35": "But when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he says, “Men of Ephesus, what man indeed is there who does not know that the city of Ephesus is temple keeper of the great Artemis and of that which is fallen down from heaven?",
  "36": "So since these things are undeniable, it is necessary for you to be calmed and to do nothing rash.",
  "37": "For you brought these men who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "38": "Therefore, if Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a word against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse one another.",
  "39": "But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.",
  "40": "For indeed we are in danger of being accused of rioting concerning this day. There is no reason about which we will be able to give an account concerning this disorder.”\\f + \\ft Here, instead of verse 41, some ancient copies add, \\fqa When he had said this, he dismissed the assembly\\fqa*.\\f*",
  "41": "And having said this, he dismissed the assembly.\\f + \\ft Some ancient copies place this text at the end of verse 40.\\f*\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}