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18 Paul stayed on for some time, and then took leave of the brotherhood and set sail for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his hair cut off, because he was under a vow. 19 When they reached Ephesus he parted from them and went himself into the synagogue, where he held a discussion with the Jews. 20 He was asked to stay longer, but declined 21 and set out from Ephesus, saying, as he took leave of them, 'I shall come back to you if it is God's will.' 22 On landing at Caesarea, he went up and paid his respects to the church, and then went down to Antioch. 23 After spending some time there, he set out again and made a journey through the Galatian country and on through Phrygia, bringing new strength to all the converts.
24 NOW THERE ARRIVED at Ephesus a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, powerful in his use of the scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was full of spiritual fervour; and in his discourses he taught accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew only John's baptism. 26 He now began to speak boldly in the synagogue, where Priscilla and Aquila heard him; they took him in hand and expounded the new way to him in greater detail. 27 Finding that he wished to go across to Achaia, the brotherhood gave him their support, and wrote to the congregation there to make him welcome. From the time of his arrival, he was very helpful to those who had by God's grace become believers; 28 for he was indefatigable in confuting the Jews, demonstrating publicly from the scriptures that the Messiah is Jesus.
191 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul travelled through the inland regions till he came to Ephesus. 2 There he found a number of converts, to whom he said, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?' 'No,' they replied, 'we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.' 3 He said, 'Then what baptism were you given?' 'John's baptism', they answered. 4 Paul then said, 'The baptism that John gave was a baptism in token of repentance, and he told the people to put their trust in one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.' 5 On hearing this they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus; 6 and when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them and they spoke in tongues of ecstasy and prophesied. 7 Altogether they were about a dozen men.
8 During the next three months he attended the synagogue and, using argument and persuasion, spoke boldly and freely about the kingdom of God. 9 But when some proved obdurate and would not believe, speaking evil of the new way before the whole congregation, he left them, withdrew his converts, and continued to hold discussions daily in the lecture-hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, with the result that the whole population of the province of Asia, both Jews and pagans, heard the word of the Lord.
13 But some strolling Jewish exorcists tried their hand at using the name of the Lord Jesus on those possessed by evil spirits; they would say, 'I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul proclaims.' 14 There were seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who were using this method, 15 when the evil spirit answered back and said, 'Jesus I acknowledge, and I know about Paul, but who are you?' 16 And the man with the evil spirit flew at them, overpowered them all, and handled them with such violence that they ran out of the house stripped and battered. 17 This became known to everybody in Ephesus, whether Jew or pagan; they were all awestruck, and the name of the Lord Jesus gained in honour. 18 Moreover many of those who had become believers came and openly confessed that they had been using magical spells. 19 And a good many of those who formerly practised magic collected their books and burnt them publicly. The total value was reckoned up and it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 In such ways the word of the Lord showed its power, spreading more and more widely and effectively.