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When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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Then Paul laid his hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them. They began speaking different languagesn and prophesying.
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There were about twelve people in this group.
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Paul went into the synagogue and spoke out boldly for three months. He talked with the Jews and persuaded them to accept the things he said about the kingdom of God.
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But some of the Jews became stubborn. They refused to believe and said evil things about the Way of Jesus before all the people. So Paul left them, and taking the followers with him, he went to the school of a man named Tyrannus. There Paul talked with people every day
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for two years. Because of his work, every Jew and Greek in the country of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
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God used Paul to do some very special miracles.
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Some people took handkerchiefs and clothes that Paul had used and put them on the sick. When they did this, the sick were healed and evil spirits left them.
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But some Jews also were traveling around and making evil spirits go out of people. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus to force the evil spirits out. They would say, "By the same Jesus that Paul talks about, I order you to come out!"
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Seven sons of Sceva, a leading Jewish priest, were doing this.
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But one time an evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?"