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But the evil spirit said to them in reply, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"
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Then the man with the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered them all, and so overpowered them that they fled out of the house naked and wounded.
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When this became known to all residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, everyone was awestruck; and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
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Also many of those who became believers confessed and disclosed their practices.
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A number of those who practiced magic collected their books and burned them publicly; when the value of these books was calculated, it was found to come to fifty thousand silver coins.
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So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
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Now after these things had been accomplished, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go through Macedonia and Achaia, and then to go on to Jerusalem. He said, "After I have gone there, I must also see Rome."
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So he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed for some time longer in Asia.
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About that time no little disturbance broke out concerning the Way.
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A man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans.
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These he gathered together, with the workers of the same trade, and said, "Men, you know that we get our wealth from this business.