1E enquanto Apolo estava em Corinto, aconteceu que, tendo Paulo passado por todas as regiões altas, ele veio a Éfeso; e achando ali alguns discípulos, 2Disse-lhes: Vós já recebestes o Espírito Santo desde que crestes?E eles lhe disseram: Nós nem tínhamos ouvido falar que havia Espírito Santo. 3E ele lhes disse: Em que vós fostes batizados?E eles disseram: No batismo de João. 4Então Paulo disse: João verdadeiramente batizou com o batismo do arrependimento, dizendo ao povo que cressem naquele que viria após ele, isto é, em Jesus Cristo. 5Ao ouvirem isto , eles foram batizados no nome do Senhor Jesus. 6E Paulo, impondo-lhes as mãos, veio sobre eles o Espírito Santo; e falavam em línguas, e profetizavam. 7E todos os homens eram cerca de doze. 8E ele, entrando na sinagoga, falava ousadamente durante três meses, disputando e persuadindo as coisas do Reino de Deus. 9Mas quando alguns se endureceram, e não creram, e falando mal do Caminho diante da multidão, ele se desviou deles; e separou aos discípulos, disputando a cada dia na escola de um certo Tirano. 10E isto aconteceu durante dois anos; de tal maneira que todos os que habitavam na Ásia tinham ouvido a palavra do Senhor Jesus, tanto judeus como gregos. 11E Deus fazia milagres extraordinários pelas mãos de Paulo, 12De tal maneira que até os lenços e aventais de seu corpo eram levados aos enfermos, e as doenças os deixavam, e os espíritos malignos saíam deles. 13E alguns exorcistas dos judeus, itinerantes, tentaram invocar o nome do Senhor Jesus sobre os que tinham espíritos malignos, dizendo: Nós vos repreendemos por Jesus, a quem Paulo prega. 14E eram sete filhos de Ceva, judeu, chefe dos sacerdotes, os que faziam isto. 15Mas o espírito maligno respondeu: Eu conheço Jesus, e sei quem é Paulo; mas vós, quem sois? 16E o homem em quem estava o espírito maligno saltou sobre eles, e dominando-os, foi mais forte do que eles; de tal maneira que eles fugiram nus e feridos daquela casa. 17E isto se fez conhecido a todos que habitavam em Éfeso, tanto a judeus como a gregos; e caiu temor sobre todos eles; e assim foi engrandecido o nome do Senhor Jesus. 18E muitos dos que criam vinham, confessando e declararando as suas atitudes. 19Também muitos dos que praticavam ocultismo trouxeram seus livros, e os queimaram na presença de todos; e calcularam o preço deles, e acharam que custavam cinquenta mil moedas de prata. 20Assim a palavra do Senhor crescia e prevalecia poderosamente. 21E quando se cumpriram estas coisas, Paulo propôs em espírito que, passando pela Macedônia e Acaia, ir até Jerusalém, dizendo: Depois de eu estar lá, também tenho que ver Roma. 22E ele, tendo enviado à Macedônia dois daqueles que o serviam, Timóteo e Erasto, ele ficou por algum tempo na Ásia. 23Mas naquele tempo aconteceu um não pequeno alvoroço quanto ao Caminho . 24Porque um certo artífice de prata, de nome Demétrio, que fazia objetos de prata para o templo de Diana , e dava não pouco lucro aos artesãos. 25Aos quais, tendo os reunido com os trabalhadores de semelhantes coisas, disse: Homens, vós sabeis que deste ofício temos nossa prosperidade. 26E vós estais vendo e ouvindo que este Paulo, não somente em Éfeso, mas até quase em toda a Ásia, tem persuadido e apartado uma grande multidão, dizendo que não são deuses os que são feitos com as mãos. 27E não somente há perigo de que isto torne nosso ofício em desprezo, mas também que até o tempo da grande deusa Diana seja considerado inútil, e que a grandiosidade dela, a quem toda a Ásia e o mundo venera, venha a ser destruída. 28E eles, ao ouvirem estas coisas ,encheram-se de ira, e clamaram, dizendo: Grande é a Diana dos efésios! 29E toda a cidade se encheu de tumulto, e em concordância eles invadiram ao teatro, tomando consigo Gaio e Aristarco, macedônios, companheiros de Paulo na viagem. 30E Paulo, querendo comparecer diante do povo, os discípulos não o permitiram. 31E também alguns dos líderes da Ásia, que eram amigos dele, enviaram-lhe aviso , rogando-lhe para que não se apresentasse no teatro. 32Então gritavam, alguns de uma maneira , outros de outra; porque a aglomeração estava confusa; e a maioria não sabia por que causa estavam aglomerados. 33E tiraram da multidão a Alexandre, os judeus o pondo para a frente. E Alexandre, acenando com a mão, queria se defender ao povo. 34Mas ao saberem que ele era judeu, levantou-se uma voz de todos, clamando por cerca de duas horas: Grande é a Diana dos efésios! 35E o escrivão, tendo apaziguado a multidão, disse: Homens efésios, quem não sabe que a cidade dos efésios é a guardadora do templo da grande deusa Diana, e da imagem que desceu do céu? 36Portanto, sendo que estas coisas não podem ser contraditas, vós deveis vos acalmar, e nada façais precipitadamente; 37Porque vós trouxestes aqui estes homens, que nem são sacrílegos, nem blasfemam de vossa deusa. 38Então se Demétrio e os artesãos que estão com ele tem algum assunto contra ele, os tribunais estão abertos, e há procônsules; que se acusem uns aos outros. 39E se procurais alguma outra coisa, será decidido em uma reunião legalizada. 40Porque corremos perigo de que hoje sejamos acusados de rebelião, tendo causa nenhuma para dar como explicação para este tumulto. 41E tendo dito isto, despediu o ajuntamento.
1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. 2He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.” 4Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke with other languages and prophesied. 7They were about twelve men in all. 8He entered into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning the Kingdom of God. 9But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul, 12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out. 13But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 14There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this. 15The evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?” 16The man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds. 19Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty. 21Now after these things had ended, Paul determined in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” 22Having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. 23About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way. 24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, 25whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth. 26You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands. 27Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.” 28When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 29The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel. 30When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him. 31Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater. 32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together. 33They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people. 34But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 35When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus? 36Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash. 37For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess. 38If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another. 39But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly. 40For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.” 41When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
1En het geschiedde, terwijl Apollos te Korinthe was, dat Paulus, de bovenste delen des lands doorreisd hebbende, te Efeze kwam; en enige discipelen aldaar vindende, 2Zeide hij tot hen: Hebt gij den Heiligen Geest ontvangen, als gij geloofd hebt? En zij zeiden tot hem: Wij hebben zelfs niet gehoord, of er een Heiligen Geest is. 3En hij zeide tot hen: Waarin zijt gij dan gedoopt? En zij zeiden: In den doop van Johannes. 4Maar Paulus zeide: Johannes heeft wel gedoopt den doop der bekering, zeggende tot het volk, dat zij geloven zouden in Dengene, Die na hem kwam, dat is, in Christus Jezus. 5En die hem hoorden werden gedoopt in den Naam van den Heere Jezus. 6En als Paulus hun de handen opgelegd had, kwam de Heilige Geest op hen; en zij spraken met vreemde talen, en profeteerden. 7En alle deze waren omtrent twaalf mannen. 8En hij ging in de synagoge, en sprak vrijmoediglijk, drie maanden lang met hen handelende, en hun aanradende de zaken van het Koninkrijk Gods. 9Maar als sommigen verhard werden, en ongehoorzaam waren, kwaadsprekende van den weg des Heeren voor de menigte, week hij van hen, en scheidde de discipelen af, dagelijks handelende in de school van zekeren Tyrannus. 10En dit geschiedde twee jaren lang, alzo dat allen, die in Azie woonden, het Woord van den Heere Jezus hoorden, beiden Joden en Grieken. 11En God deed ongewone krachten door de handen van Paulus; 12Alzo dat ook van zijn lijf op de kranken gedragen werden de zweetdoeken of gordeldoeken, en dat de ziekten van hen weken, en de boze geesten van hen uitvoeren. 13En sommigen van de omzwervende Joden, zijnde duivel bezweerders, hebben zich onderwonden den Naam van den Heere Jezus te noemen over degenen, die boze geesten hadden, zeggende: Wij bezweren u bij Jezus, Dien Paulus predikt! 14Dezen nu waren zekere zeven zonen van Sceva, een Joodsen overpriester, die dit deden. 15Maar de boze geest, antwoordende, zeide: Jezus ken ik, en Paulus weet ik; maar gijlieden, wie zijt gij? 16En de mens, in welken de boze geest was, sprong op hen, en hen meester geworden zijnde, kreeg de overhand tegen hen, alzo dat zij naakt en gewond uit dat huis ontvloden. 17En dit werd allen bekend, beiden Joden en Grieken, die te Efeze woonden; en er viel een vreze over hen allen, en de Naam van den Heere Jezus werd groot gemaakt. 18En velen dergenen, die geloofden, kwamen, belijdende en verkondigende hun daden. 19Velen ook dergenen, die ijdele kunsten gepleegd hadden, brachten de boeken bijeen, en verbrandden ze in aller tegenwoordigheid; en berekenden de waarde derzelve, en bevonden vijftig duizend zilveren penningen. 20Alzo wies het Woord des Heeren met macht, en nam de overhand. 21En als deze dingen volbracht waren, nam Paulus voor in den Geest, Macedonie en Achaje doorgegaan hebbende, naar Jeruzalem te reizen, zeggende: Nadat ik aldaar zal geweest zijn, moet ik ook Rome zien. 22En als hij naar Macedonie gezonden had twee van degenen, die hem dienden, namelijk Timotheus en Erastus, bleef hij zelf een tijd lang in Azie. 23Maar op dienzelfden tijd ontstond er geen kleine beroerte, vanwege den weg des Heeren. 24Want een, met name Demetrius, een zilversmid, die kleine zilveren tempelen van Diana maakte, bracht dien van die kunst geen klein gewin toe; 25Welke hij samenvergaderd hebbende, met de handwerkers van dergelijke dingen, zeide: Mannen, gij weet, dat wij uit dit gewin onze welvaart hebben; 26En gij ziet en hoort, dat deze Paulus veel volk, niet alleen van Efeze, maar ook bijna van geheel Azie, overreed en afgekeerd heeft, zeggende, dat het geen goden zijn, die met handen gemaakt worden. 27En wij zijn niet alleen in gevaar, dat dit deel in verachting kome, maar dat ook de tempel van de grote godin Diana als niets geacht zal worden, en dat ook haar majesteit zal ten ondergaan, aan welke gans Azie en de gehele wereld godsdienst bewijst. 28Als zij nu dit hoorden, werden zij vol van toornigheid, en riepen, zeggende: Groot is de Diana de Efezeren! 29En de gehele stad werd vol verwarring; en zij liepen met een gedruis eendrachtelijk naar de schouwplaats, met zich trekkende Gajus en Aristarchus, Macedoniers, metgezellen van Paulus op de reis. 30En als Paulus tot het volk wilde ingaan, lieten het hem de discipelen niet toe. 31En sommigen ook der oversten van Azie, die hem vrienden waren, zonden tot hem, en baden, dat hij zichzelven op de schouwplaats niet zou begeven. 32Zij riepen dan de ene dit, de andere wat anders; want de vergadering was verward en het meerder deel wist niet, om wat oorzaak zij samengekomen waren. 33En zij deden Alexander uit de schare voortkomen, alzo hem de Joden voortstieten. En Alexander gewenkt hebbende met de hand, wilde bij het volk verantwoording doen. 34Maar als zij verstonden, dat hij een Jood was, werd er een stem van allen, roepende omtrent twee uren lang: Groot is de Diana der Efezeren! 35En als de stads schrijver de schare gestild had, zeide hij: Gij mannen van Efeze! wat mens is er toch, die niet weet, dat de stad der Efezeren de kerkbewaarster zij van de grote godin Diana, en van het beeld, dat uit den hemel gevallen is? 36Dewijl dan deze dingen onwedersprekelijk zijn, zo is het behoorlijk dat gij stil zijt, en niets onbedachts doet. 37Want gij hebt deze mannen hier gebracht, die noch kerkrovers zijn, noch uw godin lasteren. 38Indien dan nu Demetrius, en die met hem van de kunst zijn, tegen iemand enige zaak hebben, de rechtsdagen worden gehouden, en er zijn stadhouders; laat hen elkander verklagen. 39En indien gij iets van andere dingen verzoekt, dat zal in een wettelijke vergadering beslecht worden. 40Want wij staan in gevaar, dat wij van oproer zullen verklaagd worden om den dag van heden, alzo er geen oorzaak is, waardoor wij reden zullen kunnen geven van deze oploop. En dit gezegd hebbende, liet hij de vergadering gaan.
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