Paul in Ephesus

What the Bible says

Acts 19:1-20

¹And it came to pass, while Apollo was at Corinth, that Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. ²And he said to them: Have you received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? But they said to him: We have not so much as heard whether there be a Holy Ghost. ³And he said: In what then were you baptized? Who said: In John’s baptism. ⁴Then Paul said: John baptized the people with the baptism of penance, saying: That they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus. ⁵Having heard these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. ⁷And all the men were about twelve. ⁸And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and exhorting concerning the kingdom of God. ⁹But when some were hardened, and believed not, speaking evil of the way of the Lord, before the multitude, departing from them, he separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. ¹⁰And this continued for the space of two years, so that all they who dwelt in Asia, heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Gentiles. ¹¹And God wrought by the hand of Paul more than common miracles. ¹²So that even there were brought from his body to the sick, handkerchiefs and aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the wicked spirits went out of them. ¹³Now some also of the Jewish exorcists who went about, attempted to invoke over them that had evil spirits, the name of the Lord Jesus, saying: I conjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. ¹⁴And there were certain men, seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, that did this. ¹⁵But the wicked spirit, answering, said to them: Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? ¹⁶And the man in whom the wicked spirit was, leaping upon them, and mastering them both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷And this became known to all the Jews and the Gentiles that dwelt at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. ¹⁸And many of them that believed, came confessing and declaring their deeds. ¹⁹And many of them who had followed curious arts, brought together their books, and burnt them before all; and counting the price of them, they found the money to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. ²⁰So mightily grew the word of God, and was confirmed.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.