10. And this took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
11. And God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
12. so that even handkerchiefs or work aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to those who were sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
13. But some itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches!”
14. (Now seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.)
15. But the evil spirit answered and said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?”
16. And the man who had the evil spirit leaped on them, subdued all of them, and prevailed against them, so that they ran away from that house naked and wounded.
17. And this became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was exalted.
18. And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,
19. and many of those who practiced magic brought together their books and burned them up in the sight of everyone. And they counted up their value and found it was fifty thousand silver coins.
20. In this way the word of the Lord was growing in power and was prevailing.
21. Now when these things were completed, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, it is necessary for me to see Rome also.”
22. So after sending two of those who were assisting him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed some time in Asia.
23. Now there happened at that time no little disturbance concerning the Way.
24. For someone named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver replicas of the temple of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen.
25. These he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we get our prosperity,
26. and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this man Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd by saying that the gods made by hands are not gods.
27. So not only is there a danger this line of business of ours will come into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing—and she is about to be brought down even from her grandeur, she whom the whole of Asia and the entire world worship!”