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Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
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On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
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There were about twelve men in all.
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Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
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But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
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This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.
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God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
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so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.
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Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”
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Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.