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On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
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When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied—
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altogether there were about twelve of them.
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He entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out boldly, and argued persuasively about the kingdom of God.
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When some stubbornly refused to believe and spoke evil of the Way before the congregation, he left them, taking the disciples with him, and argued daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
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This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
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God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,
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so that when the handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, their diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.
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Then some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims."
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Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.
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But the evil spirit said to them in reply, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"