1 The Holy Ghost is given by Paul's hands.
8 The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by miracles.
13 The Jewish exorcists,
16 are beaten by the devil.
19 Conjuring books are burnt.
21 Demetrius, for love of gain, raises an uproar against Paul;
35 which is appeased by the townclerk.

that. 18:24-28 1Co 1:12 3:4-7 16:12

Paul. 18:23

came. 18:19-21

2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

Have ye. 5 2:17,38,39 8:15-17 10:44 11:15-17 Ro 1:11

We have. 1Sa 3:7 Joh 7:39 1Co 6:19 12:1 *etc: Ga 3:5

3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

Unto what. Mt 28:19 1Co 12:13

Unto John's. 18:25 Mt 3:1-17 Lu 3:1-38

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

John. 1:5 11:16 13:23-25 Mt 3:11,12 11:3-5 21:25-32 Mr 1:1-12 Lu 1:76-79 3:16-18 Joh 1:15,27,29-34 3:28-36 5:33-35

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

they. 2:38 8:12,16 Ro 6:3,4 1Co 1:13-15 10:2

6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

laid. 6:6 8:17-19 9:17 1Ti 5:22 2Ti 1:6

the Holy Ghost. 2:4 10:45,46 13:2 1Co 12:8-11,28-30

and prophesied. 1Co 14:1 *etc:

7 And all the men were about twelve.

8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.

went. 13:14,46 14:1 26:22,23

disputing. 9 1:3 9:20-22 17:1-3,17 18:4,19 28:23 Jude 1:3

9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

Cir. A.M. 4061. A.D. 57. divers. 7:51 13:45,46 18:6 2Ki 17:14 2Ch 30:8 36:16 Ne 9:16,17,29 Ps 95:8 Isa 8:14 Jer 7:26 19:15 Joh 12:40 Ro 9:18 11:7 *marg: Heb 3:13

but spake. 23 9:2 22:4 24:21 28:22 2Ti 1:15 2Pe 2:2,12 Jude 1:10

he departed. 14:4 17:4 18:7,8 Mt 15:14 16:4 Lu 12:51-53 1Ti 6:5 2Ti 3:5

daily. 20:31 Pr 8:34 Mt 26:55 2Ti 4:2

10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

this. 18:11 20:18,31 Ro 10:18

Asia. 16:6 2Ti 1:15 1Pe 1:1 Re 1:4,11

both. 18:4 20:20,21 Ro 1:16 10:12 1Co 1:22-24 Ga 3:28 Col 3:11

11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

5:12 14:3 15:12 16:18 Mr 16:17-20 Joh 14:12 Ro 15:18,19 Ga 3:5 Heb 2:4

12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

5:15 2Ki 4:29-31 13:20,21

13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

vagabond. Ge 4:12,14 Ps 109:10

exorcists. Mt 12:27 Lu 11:19

took. 8:18,19 Mr 9:38 Lu 9:49

adjure. Jos 6:26 1Sa 14:24 1Ki 22:16 Mt 26:63 Mr 5:7

14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

16:17,18 Ge 3:1-5 1Ki 22:21-23 Mt 8:29-31 Mr 1:24,34 5:9-13 Lu 4:33-35 8:28-32

16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Mr 5:3,4,15 Lu 8:29,35

17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

all. 10

and fear. 2:43 5:5,11,13 13:12 Le 10:3 1Sa 6:20 2Sa 6:9 Ps 64:9 Lu 1:65 Lu 7:16

the name. Php 1:20 2:9-11 2Th 1:12 3:1 Heb 2:8,9 Re 5:12-14

18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

confessed. Le 16:21 26:40 Job 33:27,28 Ps 32:5 Pr 28:13 Jer 3:13 Eze 16:63 36:31 Mt 3:6 Ro 10:10 1Jo 1:9

19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

used. 8:9-11 13:6,8 Ex 7:11,22 De 18:10-12 1Sa 28:7-9 1Ch 10:13 2Ch 33:6 Isa 8:19 47:12,13 Da 2:2

curious. [Periergos,] curious, that is, magical arts, in which sense the word is used in the Greek writers. The study of magic was prosecuted with such zeal at Ephesus, that [Ephesios gramma,] the Ephesian letters, certain charms, or words used in incantation, became much celebrated in antiquity.

and burned. Ge 35:4 Ex 32:20 De 7:25,26 Isa 2:20,21 30:22 Mt 5:29,30 Lu 14:33 Heb 10:34

fifty. Probably Attic drachms; which at 7.?d. each, would amount to 1,562?. 10s. or at, 9d. each, to 1,875?.

20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

6:7 12:24 Isa 55:11 2Th 3:1

21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

Cir. A.M. 4063. A.D. 59. these. Ro 15:25-28 Ga 2:1

purposed. 16:6-10 18:21 20:22 La 3:37 Ro 1:13 2Co 1:15-18

when. 20:1-6

to go. 20:16,22 21:4,11-15,17 24:17,18 Ro 15:25,26

I must. 18:21 23:11 25:10-12 27:1,24 28:16,30,31 Ro 1:15 15:23-29 Php 1:12-14

22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

Macedonia. 16:9,10 18:5 20:1 2Co 1:16 2:13 8:1 11:9 1Th 1:8

that ministered. 13:5 16:3

Erastus. Ro 16:23 2Ti 4:20

23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

there. 2Co 1:8-10 6:9

that. 9 9:2 18:26 22:4 24:14,22

24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

shrines. [Naus,] temples, probably portable silver models of the temple of Diana, and small images of the goddess, somewhat like the Santa Casa purchased by pilgrims at Loretto.

Diana. 27,28,34,35

brought. 16:16 Isa 56:11,12 1Ti 6:9,10

25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

ye know. 16:19 Ho 4:8 12:7,8 2Pe 2:3 Re 18:3,11-19

26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:

that not. 10,18-20 1Co 16:8,9 1Th 1:9

that they. 14:15 17:29 Ps 115:4-8 135:15-18 Isa 44:10-20 46:5-8 Jer 10:3-5,11,14,15 Ho 8:6 1Co 8:4 10:19,20 12:2 Ga 4:8

made. 35

27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

that not. 21 Zep 2:11 Mt 23:14 1Ti 6:5

whom. 1Jo 5:19 Re 13:3,8

28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

they. 7:54 16:19-24 21:28-31 Ps 2:2 Re 12:12

and cried. 34,35 1Sa 5:3-5 1Ki 18:26-29 Isa 41:5-7 Jer 50:38 Re 13:4 Re 17:13

29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

the whole. 32 17:8 21:30,38

Gaius. Ro 16:23 1Co 1:14

Aristarchus. 20:4 27:2 Col 4:10 Phm 1:24

Macedonia. Macedonia, an extensive province of Greece, was bounded on the north by the mountains of Haemus, on the south by Epirus and Achaia, on the east by the Aegean sea and Thrace, and on the west by the Adriatic sea; celebrated in all histories as being the third kingdom which, under Alexander the Great, obtained the empire of the world, and had under it 150 nations.

the theatre. 1Co 4:9 *Gr:

30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

Paul. 14:14-18 17:22-31 21:39

the disciples. 2Sa 18:2,3 21:17

31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

the chief. 10 16:6 Pr 16:7

desiring. 21:12

32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

cried. 29 21:34

and the. 40 Mt 11:7-9 Lu 7:24-26

33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.

Alexander. 1Ti 1:20 2Ti 4:14

beckoned. 12:17 13:16 21:40 24:10 Lu 1:22

his. 22:1 26:1,2 Php 1:7

34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

they knew. 26 16:20 Ro 2:22

all. 1Ki 18:26 Mt 6:7

Great. 28 Re 13:4

35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

Ye men. Eph 2:12

a worshipper. Gr. the temple-keeper. and of. 26 2Th 2:10,11 1Ti 4:2

Jupiter. 14:12,13

36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

ye ought. 5:35-39 Pr 14:29 25:8

37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

which. 25:8 1Co 10:32 2Co 6:3

38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.

Demetrius. 24

have. 18:14 De 17:8 1Co 6:1

the law is open. or, the court-days are kept.

39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.

lawful. or, ordinary. 39

40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

we are. 17:5-8

uproar. 20:1 21:31,38 1Ki 1:41 Mt 26:5

41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

when. Pr 15:1,2 Ec 9:17

he dismissed. Ps 65:7 2Co 1:8-10