Immerse: Luke and Acts - Day 33 Week 7

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Read (and listen!) through the amazing story of Luke and Acts!

Immerse: Luke and Acts is part of Immerse: The Reading Bible, which takes you on a new and unique journey through the books of Luke and Acts in the New Testament. This fresh arrangement of the books highlights the depth of the New Testament’s fourfold witness to Jesus the Messiah. The Son of God, who fulfills all the longings and promises of the collected Scriptures. The goal of Bible reading is to understand the sacred writings in depth so we can learn to live with them. Using the text of the New Living Translation (NLT) from Tyndale Publishing, now you can experience Luke and Acts the same way the original readers did and be fully immersed in the most amazing story of all time!

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What is Immerse: Luke and Acts?

Read (and listen!) through the amazing story of Luke and Acts!

Immerse: Luke and Acts is part of Immerse: The Reading Bible, which takes you on a new and unique journey through the books of Luke and Acts in the New Testament. This fresh arrangement of the books highlights the depth of the New Testament’s fourfold witness to Jesus the Messiah. The Son of God, who fulfills all the longings and promises of the collected Scriptures. The goal of Bible reading is to understand the sacred writings in depth so we can learn to live with them. Using the text of the New Living Translation (NLT) from Tyndale Publishing, now you can experience Luke and Acts the same way the original readers did and be fully immersed in the most amazing story of all time!

Samantha: Welcome to Immerse
Luke and Acts, Day 33, Week 7

meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos,
an eloquent speaker who knew the

scriptures well, had arrived in
Ephesus from Alexandria in Egypt.

He had been taught the way of the Lord,
and he taught others about Jesus with an

enthusiastic spirit and with accuracy.

However, he knew only
about John's baptism.

When Priscilla and Aquila heard him
preaching boldly in the synagogue,

they took him aside and explained
the way of God even more accurately.

Apollos had been thinking about going
to Achaia, and the brothers and sisters

in Ephesus encouraged him to go.

They wrote to the believers in
Achaia, asking them to welcome him.

When he arrived there, he proved
to be of great benefit to those

who, by God's grace, had believed.

He refuted the Jews with powerful
arguments in public debate.

Using the scriptures, he explained
to them that Jesus was the Messiah.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul
traveled through the interior regions

until he reached Ephesus, on the coast,
where he found several believers.

Did you receive the Holy
Spirit when you believed?

he asked them.

No, they replied.

We haven't even heard that
there is a Holy Spirit.

Then what baptism did you experience?

he asked.

And they replied, the baptism of John.

Paul said, John's baptism
called for repentance from sin.

But John himself told the people
to believe in the one who would

come later, meaning Jesus.

As soon as they heard this, they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Then, when Paul laid his hands on them,
the Holy Spirit came on them, and they

spoke in other tongues and prophesied.

There were about twelve men in all.

Then Paul went to the synagogue and
preached boldly for the next three months.

Arguing persuasively
about the kingdom of God.

But some became stubborn,
rejecting his message and

publicly speaking against the way.

So Paul left the synagogue and
took the believers with him.

Then he held daily discussions
at the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

This went on for the next two
years, so that people throughout

the province of Asia, both Jews and
Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

God gave Paul the power to
perform unusual miracles.

When handkerchiefs or aprons that had
merely touched his skin were placed on

sick people, they were healed of their
diseases, and evil spirits were expelled.

A group of Jews was traveling from
town to town, casting out evil spirits.

They tried to use the name of the
Lord Jesus in their incantation,

saying, I command you in the name of
Jesus, Whom Paul preaches to come out.

Seven sons of Siva, a leading priest
were doing this, but one time when they

tried it, the evil spirit replied, I know
Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you?

Then the man with the evil spirit
leaped on them, overpowered them,

and attacked them with such violence
that they fled from the house.

Naked and battered the story of
what happened, spread quickly.

All through Ephesus to Jews and Greeks
alike, a solemn fear descended on

the city and the name of the Lord.

Jesus was greatly honored.

Many who became believers
confessed their sinful practices.

A number of them who had been practicing
sorcery brought their incantation books

and burned them at a public bonfire.

The value of the books was
several million dollars.

So the message about the Lord spread
widely and had a powerful effect.

This concludes today's
Immerse Reading Experience.

Thank you for joining us.