[영어 성경] Acts chapter 19

Ac. 19:1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the

interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some

disciples

Ac. 19:2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when [Or

after] you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even

heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Ac. 19:3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s

baptism,” they replied.

Ac. 19:4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He

told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is,

in Jesus.”

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Ac. 19:5 On hearing this, they were baptised into [Or in] the name of

the Lord Jesus.

Ac. 19:6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on

them, and they spoke in tongues [Or other languages] and

prophesied.

Ac. 19:7 There were about twelve men in all.

Ac. 19:8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three

months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

Ac. 19:9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe

and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took

the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture

hall of Tyrannus.

Ac. 19:10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks

who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

Ac. 19:11 God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,

Ac. 19:12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him

were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the

evil spirits left them.

Ac. 19:13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to

invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were

demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of Jesus,

whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

Ac. 19:14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

Ac. 19:15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and I

know about Paul, but who are you?”

Ac. 19:16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and

overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they

ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

Ac. 19:17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in

Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the

Lord Jesus was held in high honour.

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Ac. 19:18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed

their evil deeds.

Ac. 19:19 A number who had practised sorcery brought their scrolls

together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the

value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand

drachmas. [A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s

wages.]

Ac. 19:20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in

power.

Ac. 19:21 After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem,

passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been

there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”

Ac. 19:22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to

Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little

longer.

Ac. 19:23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the

Way.

Ac. 19:24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of

Artemis, brought in no little business for the craftsmen.

Ac. 19:25 He called them together, along with the workmen in related

trades, and said: “Men, you know we receive a good income

from this business.

Ac. 19:26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and

led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in

practically the whole province of Asia. He says that manmade

gods are no gods at all.

Ac. 19:27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good

name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis

will be discredited, and the goddess herself, who is

worshipped throughout the province of Asia and the world,

will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

Ac. 19:28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting:

“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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Ac. 19:29 Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized

Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s travelling companions from

Macedonia, and rushed as one man into the theatre.

Ac. 19:30 Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples

would not let him.

Ac. 19:31 Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul,

sent him a message begging him not to venture into the

theatre.

Ac. 19:32 The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one

thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know

why they were there.

Ac. 19:33 The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the

crowd shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence

in order to make a defence before the people.

Ac. 19:34 But when they realised he was a Jew, they all shouted in

unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the

Ephesians!”

Ac. 19:35 The city clerk quietened the crowd and said: “Men of

Ephesus, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus

is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her

image, which fell from heaven?

Ac. 19:36 Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to be

quiet and not do anything rash.

Ac. 19:37 You have brought these men here, though they have neither

robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.

Ac. 19:38 If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a grievance

against anybody, the courts are open and there are

proconsuls. They can press charges.

Ac. 19:39 If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be

settled in a legal assembly.

Ac. 19:40 As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting

because of today’s events. In that case we would not be able

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to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for

it.”

Ac. 19:41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.