使徒行传 19
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保罗遇见施洗约翰的门徒
19 亚波罗在哥林多的时候，保罗经过了上边一带地方，就来到以弗所。在那里遇见几个门徒， 2 问他们说：“你们信的时候受了圣灵没有？”他们回答说：“没有，也未曾听见有圣灵赐下来。” 3 保罗说：“这样，你们受的是什么洗呢？”他们说：“是约翰的洗。” 4 保罗说：“约翰所行的是悔改的洗，告诉百姓当信那在他以后要来的，就是耶稣。” 5 他们听见这话，就奉主耶稣的名受洗。 6 保罗按手在他们头上，圣灵便降在他们身上，他们就说方言，又说预言[a]。 7 一共约有十二个人。
保罗在推喇奴的学房辩论
8 保罗进会堂放胆讲道，一连三个月，辩论神国的事，劝化众人。 9 后来，有些人心里刚硬不信，在众人面前毁谤这道，保罗就离开他们，也叫门徒与他们分离，便在推喇奴的学房天天辩论。 10 这样有两年之久，叫一切住在亚细亚的，无论是犹太人是希腊人，都听见主的道。 11 神借保罗的手行了些非常的奇事， 12 甚至有人从保罗身上拿手巾或围裙放在病人身上，病就退了，恶鬼也出去了。
被鬼附的胜了赶鬼的
13 那时，有几个游行各处、念咒赶鬼的犹太人，向那被恶鬼附的人擅自称主耶稣的名，说：“我奉保罗所传的耶稣，敕令你们出来！” 14 做这事的，有犹太祭司长士基瓦的七个儿子。 15 恶鬼回答他们说：“耶稣我认识，保罗我也知道，你们却是谁呢？” 16 恶鬼所附的人就跳在他们身上，胜了其中二人，制伏他们，叫他们赤着身子受了伤，从那房子里逃出去了。 17 凡住在以弗所的，无论是犹太人是希腊人，都知道这事，也都惧怕，主耶稣的名从此就尊大了。 18 那已经信的，多有人来承认诉说自己所行的事。
行邪术的烧自己的书
19 平素行邪术的，也有许多人把书拿来，堆积在众人面前焚烧。他们算计书价，便知道共合五万块钱。 20 主的道大大兴旺，而且得胜，就是这样。
21 这些事完了，保罗心里定意经过了马其顿、亚该亚，就往耶路撒冷去，又说：“我到了那里以后，也必须往罗马去看看。” 22 于是从帮助他的人中打发提摩太、以拉都二人往马其顿去，自己暂时等在亚细亚。
底米丢和银匠鼓噪闹事
23 那时，因为这道起的扰乱不小。 24 有一个银匠名叫底米丢，是制造亚底米神银龛的，他使这样手艺人生意发达。 25 他聚集他们和同行的工人，说：“众位，你们知道我们是倚靠这生意发财。 26 这保罗不但在以弗所，也几乎在亚细亚全地引诱迷惑许多人，说人手所做的不是神。这是你们所看见、所听见的。 27 这样，不独我们这事业被人藐视，就是大女神亚底米的庙也要被人轻忽，连亚细亚全地和普天下所敬拜的大女神之威荣也要消灭了！” 28 众人听见，就怒气填胸，喊着说：“大哉，以弗所人的亚底米啊！” 29 满城都轰动起来。众人拿住与保罗同行的马其顿人该犹和亚里达古，齐心拥进戏园里去。 30 保罗想要进去到百姓那里，门徒却不许他去。 31 还有亚细亚几位首领，是保罗的朋友，打发人来劝他，不要冒险到戏园里去。 32 聚集的人纷纷乱乱，有喊叫这个的，有喊叫那个的，大半不知道是为什么聚集。 33 有人把亚历山大从众人中带出来，犹太人推他往前，亚历山大就摆手，要向百姓分诉。 34 只因他们认出他是犹太人，就大家同声喊着说：“大哉，以弗所人的亚底米啊！”如此约有两小时。
以弗所的书记使众人安静
35 那城里的书记安抚了众人，就说：“以弗所人哪，谁不知道以弗所人的城是看守大亚底米的庙和从宙斯那里落下来的像呢？ 36 这事既是驳不倒的，你们就当安静，不可造次。 37 你们把这些人带来，他们并没有偷窃庙中之物，也没有谤讟我们的女神。 38 若是底米丢和他同行的人有控告人的事，自有放告的日子[b]，也有方伯可以彼此对告。 39 你们若问别的事，就可以照常例聚集断定。 40 今日的扰乱本是无缘无故，我们难免被查问；论到这样聚众，我们也说不出所以然来。” 41 说了这话，便叫众人散去。
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 19:6 或作：又讲道。
- 使徒行传 19:38 或作：自有公堂。
Acts 19
Contemporary English Version
Paul in Ephesus
19 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled across the hill country to Ephesus, where he met some of the Lord's followers. 2 He asked them, “When you put your faith in Jesus, were you given the Holy Spirit?”
“No!” they answered. “We have never even heard of the Holy Spirit.”
3 “Then why were you baptized?” Paul asked.
They answered, “Because of what John taught.”[a]
4 (A) Paul replied, “John baptized people so they would turn to God. But he also told them someone else was coming, and they should put their faith in him. Jesus is the one that John was talking about.” 5 After the people heard Paul say this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 Then Paul placed his hands on them. The Holy Spirit was given to them, and they spoke unknown languages and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in this group.
8 For three months Paul went to the synagogue and talked bravely with the people about God's kingdom. He tried to win them over, 9 but some of them were stubborn and refused to believe. In front of everyone they said terrible things about God's Way. Paul left and took the followers with him to the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He spoke there every day 10 for two years, until every Jew and Gentile[b] in Asia had heard the Lord's message.
The Sons of Sceva
11 God gave Paul the power to work great miracles. 12 People even took handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched Paul's body, and they carried them to everyone who was sick. All of the sick people were healed, and the evil spirits went out.
13 Some Jewish men started going around trying to force out evil spirits by using the name of the Lord Jesus. They said to the spirits, “Come out in the name of that same Jesus that Paul preaches about!”
14 Seven sons of a high priest named Sceva were doing this, 15 when an evil spirit said to them, “I know Jesus! And I have heard about Paul. But who are you?” 16 Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them up. They ran out of the house, naked and bruised.
17 When the Jews and Gentiles[c] in Ephesus heard about this, they were so frightened that they praised the name of the Lord Jesus. 18 Many who were followers now started telling everyone about the evil things they had been doing. 19 Some who had been practicing witchcraft even brought their books and burned them in public. These books were worth about 50,000 silver coins. 20 So the Lord's message spread and became even more powerful.
The Riot in Ephesus
21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[d] to visit Macedonia and Achaia on his way to Jerusalem. Paul had said, “From there I will go on to Rome.” 22 So he sent his two helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia. But he stayed on in Asia for a while.
23 At that time there was serious trouble because of the Lord's Way.[e] 24 A silversmith named Demetrius had a business that made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. Those who worked for him earned a lot of money. 25 Demetrius brought together everyone who was in the same business and said:
Friends, you know we make a good living at this. 26 But you have surely seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all. 27 Everyone will start saying terrible things about our business. They will stop respecting the temple of the goddess Artemis, who is worshiped in Asia and all over the world. Our great goddess will be forgotten!
28 When the workers heard this, they got angry and started shouting, “Great is Artemis, the goddess of the Ephesians!” 29 Soon the whole city was in a riot, and some men grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, who had come from Macedonia with Paul. Then everyone in the crowd rushed to the place where the town meetings were held.
30 Paul wanted to go out and speak to the people, but the Lord's followers would not let him. 31 A few of the local officials were friendly to Paul, and they sent someone to warn him not to go.
32 Some of the people in the meeting were shouting one thing, and others were shouting something else. Everyone was completely confused, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
33 Several of the Jewish leaders pushed a man named Alexander to the front of the crowd and started telling him what to say. He motioned with his hand and tried to explain what was going on. 34 But when the crowd saw that he was Jewish, they all shouted for two hours, “Great is Artemis, the goddess of the Ephesians!”
35 Finally, a town official made the crowd be quiet. Then he said:
People of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that our city is the center for worshiping the great goddess Artemis? Who doesn't know that her image which fell from heaven is right here? 36 No one can deny this, and so you should calm down and not do anything foolish. 37 You have brought men in here who have not robbed temples or spoken against our goddess.
38 If Demetrius and his workers have a case against these men, we have courts and judges. Let them take their complaints there. 39 But if you want to do more than that, the matter will have to be brought before the city council. 40 We could easily be accused of starting a riot today. There is no excuse for it! We cannot even give a reason for this uproar.
41 After saying this, he told the people to leave.
Footnotes
- 19.3 Then why were you baptized? … Because of what John taught: Or “In whose name were you baptized? … We were baptized in John's name.”
- 19.10 Gentile: The text has “Greek” (see the note at 14.1).
- 19.17 Gentiles: The text has “Greeks” (see the note at 14.1).
- 19.21 Paul decided: Or “Paul was led by the Holy Spirit.”
- 19.23 the Lord's Way: See the note at 9.2.
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