15. But the evil spirit answered and said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I am acquainted with, but who are you?”
16. And the man who had the evil spirit leaped on them, subdued all of them, and prevailed against them, so that they ran away from that house naked and wounded.
17. And this became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was exalted.
18. And many of those who had believed came, confessing and disclosing their practices,
19. and many of those who practiced magic brought together their books and burned them up in the sight of everyone. And they counted up their value and found it was fifty thousand silver coins.
20. In this way the word of the Lord was growing in power and was prevailing.
21. Now when these things were completed, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, it is necessary for me to see Rome also.”
22. So after sending two of those who were assisting him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed some time in Asia.
23. Now there happened at that time no little disturbance concerning the Way.
24. For someone named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver replicas of the temple of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen.
25. These he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we get our prosperity,