Acts 19

Question 1

Acts 19:1

Answer 1

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples

Question 2

Acts 19:2

Answer 2

and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

Question 3

Acts 19:3

Answer 3

So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied.

Question 4

Acts 19:4

Answer 4

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.”

Question 5

Acts 19:5

Answer 5

On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Question 6

Acts 19:6

Answer 6

When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

Question 7

Acts 19:7

Answer 7

There were about twelve men in all.

Question 8

Acts 19:8

Answer 8

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

Question 9

Acts 19:9

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

Acts 19:10

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Acts 19:11

Answer 11

God did extraordinary miracles through Paul,

Question 12

Acts 19:12

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

Acts 19:13

Answer 13

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 Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”

Question 14

Acts 19:14

Answer 14

Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

Question 15

Acts 19:15

Answer 15

(One day) the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

Question 16

Acts 19:16

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Acts 19:17

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

Acts 19:18

Answer 18

Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds.

Question 19

Acts 19:19

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

Acts 19:20

Answer 20

In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.

Question 21

Acts 19:21

Answer 21

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.”

Question 22

Acts 19:22

Answer 22

He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.

Question 23

Acts 19:23

Answer 23

About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.

Question 24

Acts 19:24

Answer 24

A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in no little business for the craftsmen.

Question 25

Acts 19:25

Answer 25

He called them together, along with the workmen in related trades, and said: “Men, you know we receive a good income from this business.

Question 26

Acts 19:26

Answer 26

And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

Question 27

Acts 19:27

Answer 27

There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

Question 28

Acts 19:28

Answer 28

When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Question 29

Acts 19:29

Answer 29

Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and rushed as one man into the theater.

Question 30

Acts 19:30

Answer 30

Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

Question 31

Acts 19:31

Answer 31

Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.

Question 32

Acts 19:32

Answer 32

The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.

Question 33

Acts 19:33

Answer 33

The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd shouted instructions to him. He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people.

Question 34

Acts 19:34

Answer 34

But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Question 35

Acts 19:35

Answer 35

The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

Question 36

Acts 19:36

Answer 36

Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to be quiet and not do anything rash.

Question 37

Acts 19:37

Answer 37

You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.

Question 38

Acts 19:38

Answer 38

If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They can press charges.

Question 39

Acts 19:39

Answer 39

If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly.

Question 40

Acts 19:40

Answer 40

As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of today’s events. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.”

Question 41

Acts 19:41

Answer 41

After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.