Acts 19: Ephesus and the Riot
In Ephesus Paul baptizes disciples of John, who receive the Spirit, and teaches for two years. The sons of Sceva are overpowered by an evil spirit, magic books are burned, and Demetrius the silversmith stirs up a riot in defense of the goddess Artemis.
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True or False: According to Acts 19:32-34, most of the people gathered in the theater had no idea what had brought them together, and when the Jewish community put Alexander forward to address the crowd, they shouted him down for roughly two hours once his Jewish identity became clear.