9. But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the crowd, he withdrew from them and took the disciples, lecturing daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10. This continued for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11. God worked powerful miracles by the hands of Paul.
12. So handkerchiefs or aprons he had touched were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists invoked the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We command you to come out in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14. There were seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva doing this.
15. The evil spirit answered, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”
16. Then the man in whom the evil spirit was jumped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
17. This became known to all Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. And fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18. Many who believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19. Many who practiced magic brought their books together and burned them before everyone. They calculated their value, which equaled fifty thousand drachmas.
20. So the word of the Lord powerfully grew and spread.
21. After these things happened, Paul determined in his spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22. He sent two who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, but he delayed in Asia for a time.
23. About that time great trouble arose about the Way.
24. For a silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines for Artemis, brought much business to the craftsmen.
25. He gathered them together with the workmen of similar trades and said, “Men, you know that by this trade we have our wealth.
26. And you see and hear, not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, that this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that these things made by hands are not gods.