Acts 18-20 (Darby Translation)

Acts 18

 ¹And after these things, having left Athens, he came to Corinth;

 ²and finding a certain Jew by name Aquila, of Pontus by race, just come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife, (because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome,) came to them,

 ³and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.

 ⁴And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

 ⁵And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

 ⁶But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: *I* [am] pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

 ⁷And departing thence he came to the house of a certain [man], by name Justus, who worshipped God, whose house adjoined the synagogue.

 ⁸But Crispus the ruler of the synagogue believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptised.

 ⁹And the Lord said by vision in [the] night to Paul, Fear not, but speak and be not silent;

 ¹⁰because *I* am with thee, and no one shall set upon thee to injure thee; because I have much people in this city.

 ¹¹And he remained [there] a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

 ¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,

 ¹³saying, This [man] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

 ¹⁴But as Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it was some wrong or wicked criminality, O Jews, of reason I should have borne with you;

 ¹⁵but if it be questions about words, and names, and the law that ye have, see to it yourselves; [for] *I* do not intend to be judge of these things.

 ¹⁶And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

 ¹⁷And having all laid hold on Sosthenes the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio troubled himself about none of these things.

 ¹⁸And Paul, having yet stayed [there] many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

 ¹⁹and he arrived at Ephesus, and left them there. But entering himself into the synagogue he reasoned with the Jews.

 ²⁰And when they asked him that he would remain for a longer time [with them] he did not accede,

 ²¹but bade them farewell, saying, [I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem]; I will return to you again, if God will: and he sailed away from Ephesus.

 ²²And landing at Caesarea, and having gone up and saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

 ²³And having stayed [there] some time, he went forth, passing in order through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, establishing all the disciples.

 ²⁴But a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, who was mighty in the scriptures, arrived at Ephesus.

 ²⁵He was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in his spirit, he spoke and taught exactly the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.

 ²⁶And *he* began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And Aquila and Priscilla, having heard him, took him to [them] and unfolded to him the way of God more exactly.

 ²⁷And when he purposed to go into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples engaging them to receive him, who, being come, contributed much to those who believed through grace.

 ²⁸For he with great force convinced the Jews publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

Acts 19

 ¹And it came to pass, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper districts, came to Ephesus, and finding certain disciples,

 ²he said to them, Did ye receive [the] Holy Spirit when ye had believed? And they [said] to him, We did not even hear if [the] Holy Spirit was [come].

 ³And he said, To what then were ye baptised? And they said, To the baptism of John.

 ⁴And Paul said, John indeed baptised [with] the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him that was coming after him, that is, on Jesus.

 ⁵And when they heard that, they were baptised to the name of the Lord Jesus.

 ⁶And Paul having laid [his] hands on them, the Holy Spirit 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 during three months, reasoning and persuading [the things] concerning the kingdom of God.

 ⁹But when some were hardened and disbelieved, speaking evil of the way before the multitude, he left them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

 ¹⁰And this took place for two years, so that all that inhabited Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

 ¹¹And God wrought no ordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

 ¹²so that even napkins or aprons were brought from his body [and put] upon the sick, and the diseases left them, and the wicked spirits went out.

 ¹³And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

 ¹⁴And there were certain [men], seven sons of Sceva, Jewish high priest, who were doing this.

 ¹⁵But the wicked spirit answering said to them, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with; but *ye*, who are ye?

 ¹⁶And the man in whom the wicked spirit was leaped upon them, and having mastered both, prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

 ¹⁷And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who inhabited Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

 ¹⁸And many of those that believed came confessing and declaring their deeds.

 ¹⁹And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books [of charms] and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

 ²⁰Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.

 ²¹And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in his spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome also.

 ²²And having sent into Macedonia two of those ministering to him, Timotheus and Erastus, he remained himself awhile in Asia.

 ²³And there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.

 ²⁴For a certain [man] by name Demetrius, a silver-beater, making silver temples of Artemis, brought no small gain to the artisans;

 ²⁵whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

 ²⁶and ye see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great crowd, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, saying that they are no gods which are made with hands.

 ²⁷Now not only there is danger for us that our business come into discredit, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted for nothing, and that her greatness should be destroyed whom the whole of Asia and the world reveres.

 ²⁸And having heard [this], and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

 ²⁹And the [whole] city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with [them] Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

 ³⁰But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;

 ³¹and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

 ³²Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

 ³³But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

 ³⁴But, recognising that he was a Jew, there was one cry from all, shouting for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians.

 ³⁵And the townclerk, having quieted the crowd, said, Ephesians, what man is there then who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis the great, and of the [image] which fell down from heaven?

 ³⁶These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.

 ³⁷For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.

 ³⁸If therefore Demetrius and the artisans who [are] with him have a matter against any one, the courts are being held, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.

 ³⁹But if ye inquire anything concerning other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

 ⁴⁰For also we are in danger to be put in accusation for sedition for this [affair] of to-day, no cause existing in reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

 ⁴¹And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.

Acts 20

 ¹But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to [him] and embraced [them], went away to go to Macedonia.

 ²And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with much discourse, he came to Greece.

 ³And having spent three months [there], a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, [the] resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.

 ⁴And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater [son] of Pyrrhus, a Berean; and of Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius and Timotheus of Derbe, and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

 ⁵These going before waited for us in Troas;

 ⁶but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and we came to them to Troas in five days, where we spent seven days.

 ⁷And the first day of the week, we being assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged the discourse till midnight.

 ⁸And there were many lights in the upper room where we were assembled.

 ⁹And a certain youth, by name Eutychus, sitting at the window-opening, overpowered by deep sleep, while Paul discoursed very much at length, having been overpowered by the sleep, fell from the third story down to the bottom, and was taken up dead.

 ¹⁰But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding [him] [in his arms], said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

 ¹¹And having gone up, and having broken the bread, and eaten, and having long spoken until daybreak, so he went away.

 ¹²And they brought [away] the boy alive, and were no little comforted.

 ¹³And we, having gone before on board ship, sailed off to Assos, going to take in Paul there; for so he had directed, he himself being about to go on foot.

 ¹⁴And when he met with us at Assos, having taken him on board, we came to Mitylene;

 ¹⁵and having sailed thence, on the morrow arrived opposite Chios, and the next day put in at Samos; and having stayed at Trogyllium, the next day we came to Miletus:

 ¹⁶for Paul thought it desirable to sail by Ephesus, so that he might not be made to spend time in Asia; for he hastened, if it was possible for him, to be the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem.

 ¹⁷But from Miletus having sent to Ephesus, he called over [to him] the elders of the assembly.

 ¹⁸And when they were come to him, he said to them, *Ye* know how I was with you all the time from the first day that I arrived in Asia,

 ¹⁹serving the Lord with all lowliness, and tears, and temptations, which happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

 ²⁰how I held back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce [it] to you, and to teach you publicly and in every house,

 ²¹testifying to both Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

 ²²And now, behold, bound in my spirit *I* go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;

 ²³only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.

 ²⁴But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

 ²⁵And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom [of God], shall see my face no more.

 ²⁶Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,

 ²⁷for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God.

 ²⁸Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.

 ²⁹[For] *I* know [this,] that there will come in amongst you after my departure grievous wolves, not sparing the flock;

 ³⁰and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.

 ³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one [of you] with tears.

 ³²And now I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build [you] up and give [to you] an inheritance among all the sanctified.

 ³³I have coveted [the] silver or gold or clothing of no one.

 ³⁴Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

 ³⁵I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring [we] ought to come in aid of the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

 ³⁶And having said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.

 ³⁷And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,

 ³⁸specially pained by the word which he had said, that they would no more see his face. And they went down with him to the ship.