Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized.

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there

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

So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God.

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia.

Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

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

After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.

We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.

But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”

especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay.