Acts 19:8-20

Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly over a period of three months, arguing and persuading them about the kingdom of God.  But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, taking the disciples, and conducted discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.  This went on for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks,  heard the word of the Lord.  God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul’s hands, so that even facecloths or aprons  that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.  Now some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists also attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches! ”  Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this. The evil spirit answered them, “I know Jesus, and I recognize Paul #— #but who are you? ” Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, overpowered them all, and prevailed against them, so that they ran out of that house naked and wounded. When this became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, they became afraid, and the name of the Lord Jesus  was held in high esteem.  And many who had become believers came confessing and disclosing their practices, while many of those who had practiced magic  collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver. In this way the word of the Lord spread and prevailed.