Book of Common Prayer

¹¹ And God was doing not the ordinary^[a] miracles by the hands of Paul— ¹² so that handkerchiefs or aprons^[b] were even being carried-forth^[c] from his skin to the ones being sick, and the diseases were being released from them, and the evil spirits were going out.

Even Some Non-Believing Priests Tried To Utilize Paul’s Power

¹³ And even some of the Jewish exorcists^[d] going-around attempted to name the name of the Lord Jesus over the ones having the evil spirits, saying, “I make you swear^[e] by the Jesus Whom Paul is proclaiming”. ¹⁴ Now there were seven sons of a certain Sceva^[f], a Jewish chief priest, doing this. ¹⁵ But having responded, the evil spirit said to them, “I know Jesus and know-about Paul, but who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man in whom was the evil spirit— having leaped on them, having subdued^[g] all^[h] of them— prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and having been wounded. ¹⁷ And this became known to all the ones dwelling-in Ephesus— both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all.

Jesus Was Being Magnified And The Word of The Lord Was Prevailing

¹⁸ And the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. And many of the ones having believed were coming, confessing-out^[i] and declaring^[j] their [evil] practices. ¹⁹ And many of the ones having practiced sorceries, having brought-together their books, were burning them up in the presence of everyone. And they calculated-up the prices of them, and found it to be fifty thousand silver-coins^[k]. ²⁰ Thus in accordance with the might^[l] of the Lord, the word was growing and prevailing.

Jesus Returns To Galilee And Begins Teaching In Their Synagogues

¹⁴ And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit. And news about Him went out throughout the whole surrounding-region. ¹⁵ And He was teaching in their synagogues, while being glorified by all.

Jesus Comes To Nazareth And Reads Isaiah 61:1-2 In The Synagogue

¹⁶ And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought-up. And in accordance with the thing having become-a-custom with him, He entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him. And having unrolled the scroll, He found the place where it had been written [in Isa 61:1-2]: ¹⁸ “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because of which He anointed Me to announce-good-news to poor ones. He has sent me out to proclaim a release to captives and recovery-of-sight to blind ones, to send-out with a release ones having been broken^[a], ¹⁹ to proclaim the acceptable^[b] year of the Lord”. ²⁰ And having rolled up the scroll, having given it back to the attendant, He sat-down^[c]. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were looking-intently at Him.

Jesus Says: Today This Scripture Is Fulfilled In Your Ears. They Drive Him Out

²¹ And He began to say to them that “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your ears”. ²² And they all were^[d] testifying concerning Him, and marveling at the words of ^[e] grace proceeding from His mouth. And they were saying, “Is not this One Joseph’s son?” ²³ And He said to them, “You will surely speak this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, cure yourself’. Do also here in your hometown all-that we heard having taken place in Capernaum”. ²⁴ But He said, “Truly I say to you that no prophet is acceptable^[f] in his hometown. ²⁵ And I say to you in accordance with [God’s] truth— there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when a great famine took place over all the land. ²⁶ And Elijah was sent to none^[g] of them, except to [the village of] Zarephath of-Sidon, to a widow woman. ²⁷ And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. And none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian”. ²⁸ And they were all filled with fury in the synagogue while hearing these things. ²⁹ And having arisen, they drove Him outside of the city, and led Him up to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built so as to throw Him down the cliff. ³⁰ But He, having gone through the middle of them, was proceeding.