Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
14 Seven brothers, who were the sons of a Jewish High Priest named Sceva, were doing this.
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Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 But the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul; but you - who are you?"
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One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?”
16 The man who had the evil spirit in him attacked them with such violence that he overpowered them all. They ran away from his house, wounded and with their clothes torn off.
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Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17 All the Jews and Gentiles who lived in Ephesus heard about this; they were all filled with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was given greater honor.
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When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
18 Many of the believers came, publicly admitting and revealing what they had done.
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Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.
19 Many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in public. They added up the price of the books, and the total came to fifty thousand silver coins.
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A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
20 In this powerful way the word of the Lord kept spreading and growing stronger.
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In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
21 After these things had happened, Paul made up his mind to travel through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem. "After I go there," he said, "I must also see Rome."
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After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”
22 So he sent Timothy and Erastus, two of his helpers, to Macedonia, while he spent more time in the province of Asia.
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He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.
23 It was at this time that there was serious trouble in Ephesus because of the Way of the Lord.
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About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
24 A certain silversmith named Demetrius made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis, and his business brought a great deal of profit to the workers.
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A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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