1. And it came to be, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Sha’ul, having passed through the upper parts, came to Ephesos. And having found some taught ones,
2. he said to them, “Did you receive the Set-apart Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Set-apart Spirit.”
3. And he said to them, “Into what then were you immersed?” And they said, “Into Yoḥanan’s immersion.”
4. And Sha’ul said, “Yoḥanan indeed immersed with an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One who is coming after him, that is, in Messiah יהושע.”
5. And when they heard this, they were immersed in the Name of the Master יהושע.
6. And when Sha’ul had laid hands on them, the Set-apart Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.
7. And all the men were about twelve.
8. And having gone into the congregation he spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the reign of Elohim.
9. But when some were hardened and did not believe, speaking evil of the Way before the crowd, he withdrew from them and separated the taught ones, reasoning daily in the school of Turannos.
10. And this took place for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Master יהושע, both Yehuḏim and Greeks.
11. And Elohim worked unusual miracles through the hands of Sha’ul,
12. so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the wicked spirits went out of them.
13. But certain roving Yehuḏite exorcists took it upon themselves to call the Name of the Master יהושע over those who had wicked spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by יהושע whom Sha’ul proclaims.”
14. And there were seven sons of a certain Skeua, a Yehuḏite chief priest, who were doing this.
15. And the wicked spirit answering, said, “יהושע I know, and Sha’ul I know, but who are you?”