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When they heard
this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And when Paul had laid
his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
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And all the men were about twelve.
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And he went into the synagogue and spoke freely for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
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But when some were hardened and disobedient, but cursing the way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
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And this continued by the space of two years so that all those who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
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And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul
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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.
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Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon themselves to invoke over those who had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.
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(And there were seven sons of
one Sceva, a Jew
and prince of the priests, who did so.)
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And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are ye?