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But when1some were becominghardened and disobedient, speakingevil of 2the Waybefore the people, he withdrew from them and tookaway3the disciples, reasoningdaily* in the school of Tyrannus.
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Thistookplace for 4twoyears, so that all who lived in 5Asiaheard6the word of the Lord, bothJews and Greeks.
Miracles at Ephesus
11God was performing7extraordinarymiracles by the hands of Paul,
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8so that handkerchiefsoraprons were evencarried from his body to the sick, and the diseasesleft them and 9the evilspiritswent out.
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But alsosome of the Jewish10exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to nameoverthose who had the evilspirits the name of the LordJesus, saying, "I adjure you by JesuswhomPaulpreaches."
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Sevensons of oneSceva, a Jewishchiefpriest, were doingthis.
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And the evilspiritanswered and said to them, "I recognizeJesus, and I knowaboutPaul, but who are you?"
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And the man, in whom was the evilspirit, leaped on them and subduedall of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that housenaked and wounded.
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Thisbecameknown to all, bothJews and Greeks, who lived in 11Ephesus; and fearfell upon them all and the name of the LordJesus was being magnified.
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Manyalso of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices.
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And many of those who practicedmagicbrought their bookstogether and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty*thousand12pieces of silver.