10. This continued for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11. God worked powerful miracles by the hands of Paul.
12. So handkerchiefs or aprons he had touched were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
13. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists invoked the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We command you to come out in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14. There were seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva doing this.
15. The evil spirit answered, “I know Jesus, and I know Paul, but who are you?”
16. Then the man in whom the evil spirit was jumped on them, overpowered them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.
17. This became known to all Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus. And fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18. Many who believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19. Many who practiced magic brought their books together and burned them before everyone. They calculated their value, which equaled fifty thousand drachmas.