Then Paul<n id="1" /> left<n id="2" /> the synagogue<n id="3" /> and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God,<n id="4" /> whose house was next door to the synagogue.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now while Gallio<n id="1" /> was proconsul<n id="2" /> of Achaia,<n id="3" /> the Jews attacked Paul together<n id="4" /> and brought him before the judgment seat,<n id="5" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus.<n id="1" /> He was an eloquent speaker,<n id="2" /> well-versed<n id="3" /> in the scriptures.

<t /><p class="bodytext">While<n id="1" /> Apollos was in Corinth,<n id="2" /> Paul went through the inland<n id="3" /> regions<n id="4" /> and came to Ephesus.<n id="5" /> He<n id="6" /> found some disciples there<n id="7" />

and said to them, &#8220;Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?&#8221;<n id="1" /> They replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;No, we have not even<n id="3" /> heard that there is a Holy Spirit.&#8221;

But the evil spirit replied to them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I know about Jesus<n id="2" /> and I am acquainted with<n id="3" /> Paul, but who are you?&#8221;<n id="4" />

He gathered<n id="1" /> these<n id="2" /> together, along with the workmen in similar trades,<n id="3" /> and said, &#8220;Men, you know that our prosperity<n id="4" /> comes from this business.

Even some of the provincial authorities<n id="1" /> who were his friends sent<n id="2" /> a message<n id="3" /> to him, urging him not to venture<n id="4" /> into the theater.

So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.<n id="1" />

But when they recognized<n id="1" /> that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Great is Artemis<n id="3" /> of the Ephesians!&#8221; for about two hours.<n id="4" />

If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint<n id="1" /> against someone, the courts are open<n id="2" /> and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.<n id="3" />

But Paul went down,<n id="1" /> threw himself<n id="2" /> on the young man,<n id="3" /> put his arms around him,<n id="4" /> and said, &#8220;Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!&#8221;<n id="5" />

On the next day we left<n id="1" /> and came to Caesarea,<n id="2" /> and entered<n id="3" /> the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven,<n id="4" /> and stayed with him.

(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and<n id="1" /> they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)<n id="2" />

Then you&#8217;re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion<n id="1" /> and led the four thousand men of the &#8216;Assassins&#8217;<n id="2" /> into the wilderness<n id="3" /> some time ago?&#8221;<n id="4" />

Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand<n id="1" /> the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

I replied,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues<n id="2" /> who believed in you.

When the centurion<n id="1" /> heard this,<n id="2" /> he went to the commanding officer<n id="3" /> and reported it,<n id="4" /> saying, &#8220;What are you about to do?<n id="5" /> For this man is a Roman citizen.&#8221;<n id="6" />

Paul replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I did not realize,<n id="2" /> brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, &#8216;<b><i>You must not speak evil about a ruler of your peoplei>b>.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

The commanding officer<n id="1" /> took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, &#8220;What is it that you want<n id="2" /> to report to me?&#8221;