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On hearing this, they were baptized in 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 with tongues and prophesied.
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There were about twelve of them in all.
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And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God;
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but when some were stubborn and disbelieved, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples with him, and argued daily in the hall of Tyran'nus.
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This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.
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And God did extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,
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so that handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.
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Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches."
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Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.
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But the evil spirit answered them, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?"