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“Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked. And they replied, “The baptism of John.”
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Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.”
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As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied.
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Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly for the next three months, arguing persuasively about the Kingdom of God.
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But some became stubborn, rejecting his message and publicly speaking against the Way. So Paul left the synagogue and took the believers with him. Then he held daily discussions at the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
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This went on for the next two years, so that people throughout the province of Asia—both Jews and Greeks—heard the word of the Lord.
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God gave Paul the power to perform unusual miracles.
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When handkerchiefs or aprons that had merely touched his skin were placed on sick people, they were healed of their diseases, and evil spirits were expelled.
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A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!”