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Acts 19:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out. "
Acts 19:12
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10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,
12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
13 But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
14 There were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, who did this.
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Acts 19:1
"While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus and found certain disciples."
Acts 19:2
"He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “No, we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”"
Acts 19:3
"He said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”"
Acts 19:4
"Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”"
Acts 19:5
"When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus."
Acts 19:6
"When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they spoke with other languages and prophesied."
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