Dr. Pothana's Teaching

1. Detailed Study on The Book Of Acts
COACH Institute of Intercultural Studies
Hyderabad

2. Chapter 19

3. ACTS 19
Acts Chapter 19, Receiving the Holy
Spirit, baptism of the Holy Spirit,
becoming hardened, Artemis, Ephesus

4. Ephesus 2004

6. Acts 18:23, Started the 3rd.
Missionary Journey
• Acts 18:23 After spending some time in
Antioch, Paul set out from there and traveled
from place to place throughout the region of
Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the
disciples.

7. Acts 18:23, Started the 3rd.
Missionary Journey

8. ACTS 19
Continues The 3rd.
Missionary Journey

9. Acts 19:1, Paul Came To Ephesus

10. Acts 19:1, Paul Came To Ephesus
• . Acts 19:1 It happened that while Apollos was at
Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country
and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.
• 2 teams again
• 3101 μαθητής mathetes {math-ay-tes'}
• Meaning: 1) a learner, pupil, disciple…
• . John 6:66 As a result of this many of His
disciples withdrew and were not walking with
Him anymore.

11. Acts 19:2, Receiving The Holy Spirit
• Acts 19:2…"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you
believed?“…
• Paul expected that if the were saved they would have
receive the Holy Spirit
• They’re not saved yet, they believed but hadn’t
received;
• John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become
children of God—
• . 2 Corinthians 11:4 For if one comes and preaches
another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you
receive a different spirit which you have not received,
or a different gospel which you have not accepted…

12. Acts 19:2, Receiving The Holy Spirit
• Acts 19:2…"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you
believed?“…
• Mark 1:7-8 And this was his message: "After me will come
one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I
am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you
with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
• John 1:30-31 This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man
who comes after me has surpassed me because he was
before me.' 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I
came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed
to Israel."
• Rom 6:3 Or don't you know that all of us who were
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

13. Acts 19:2, Receiving The Holy Spirit
• 1 Cor 10:2 They were all baptized into Moses
in the cloud and in the sea.
• 1 Cor 12:13 For we were all baptized by one
Spirit into one body — whether Jews or
Greeks, slave or free — and we were all given
the one Spirit to drink.

14. The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit
• The baptism of the Holy Spirit is not an add on to Christianity, or
some additional experience you should pursue. It is salvation! There
is only one Holy Spirit of God, and you cannot have just a part of
Him. When He, God, comes into your life, all of Him comes in!
• I Cor. 12:13 "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body . .
. we were all made to drink of one Spirit."
• I Cor. 6:17 "the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with
him."
• Eph. 4:4-6 "There is one body and one Spirit . . . one hope . . . one
Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God . . ."
• The baptism of the Holy Spirit is what brings believers into the body
of Christ., and seals us in Him. You cannot be saved and not be
baptized in the Spirit, that’s an oxymoron. In the Book of Acts
communication spread slowly into the world. Resulting in this
situation of obedient Jewish people who believe in God, obey His
commands, seek Him, yet had not heard that the Messiah had
come. Acts records the spread of the gospel.

15. The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit
• When told of the Messiah's cross and resurrection, and the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit these few people who lived both
before and after the cross, asked to receive the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 19:2-6 "and he said to them, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit
when you believed?' And they said to him, 'No, we have not even
heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.' And Paul said, 'John baptized
with the baptism of repentance, telling people to believe in Him
who was coming after him, that is, Jesus.' And when they heard
this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when
Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on (“epi”)
them . . ." (see also Acts 18:24-26).
• At salvation the Holy Spirit comes into a believer’s life (all of Him).
There is no second or additional baptism. You'll never get more or
less of God.
• Gal. 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now
being perfected by the flesh?”

16. Acts 19:8, Arguing Persuasively
• Arguing =
• 1256 διαλέγομαι dialegomai {dee-al-eg'-om-
ahee}
• Meaning: 1) to think different things with one's
self, mingle thought with thought 1a) to ponder,
revolve in mind 2) to converse, discourse with
one, argue, discuss
• Origin: middle voice…
• Usage: AV - dispute 6, reason with 2, reason 2,
preach unto 1, preach 1, speak 1; 13

17. Acts 19:9,
Some Were Becoming Hardened
• . Acts 19:9 But when some were becoming hardened and
disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he
withdrew from them and took away the disciples,
reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
• The hardening of the heart is a process; “some were
becoming hardened.”
• George Whitefield said, “If you are going to walk with Jesus
Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a
true Christian is really to become a scandal.”
• --George Whitefield (English preacher who proved to be
one of the vessels used by God in the Great Awakening)

18. Acts 19:9-10, Two Year Bible Study
• Acts 19:9-10….He took the disciples with him
and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of
Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years..
Ephesus -
School of
Tyrannus
http://www.israelje
rusalem.com/schoo
l-of-tyrannus.htm

19. Ephesus -
inscription
of
`Tyrannus`
(cf Acts
19:9)

20. Acts 19:11-12,
Dirty Handkerchiefs And Aprons
• Acts 19:11-12 God did extraordinary miracles through
Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that
had touched him were taken to the sick, and their
illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.

21. Acts 19:13 Some Jews Invoking Jesus
• Acts 19:13 Some Jews who went around driving
out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the
Lord Jesus….
• Results in; Acts 19:17…the Jews and Greeks living
in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the
name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
• Sometimes we are afraid to invoke the name of
Jesus, for fear of offending, but;
• Acts 19:20…the word of the Lord spread widely
and grew in power.

22. Acts 19:15, I Recognize Jesus
• . Acts 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said
to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about
Paul, but who are you?”
• . Luke 8:28 Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell
before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What
business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son
of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment
me.“ (Mark 5:7, Acts 16:17)
• . James 2:19 You believe that God is one. You do
well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

23. Acts 19:18-20
Paul at Ephesus
A Serious Book
Burning

24. Acts 19:19, The Value Of Drachmas
• Acts 19:19…When they calculated the value of the scrolls,
the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
• NIV Note “d” A drachma was a silver coin worth about a
day's wages.
• 50,000 / 365= 137 yrs

25. Ancient
Hellenistic
Coins

26. Ancient
Hellenistic
Coins

27. Acts 19:20, The Word Was Growing
• . Acts 19:20 So the word of the Lord was
growing mightily and prevailing.
• Anything that grows is alive! Anything that “was
growing” was alive.
• . Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and
active and sharper than any two-edged sword,
and piercing as far as the division of soul and
spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to
judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

28. Acts 19:21, Paul Rome
• . Acts 19:21 Now after these things were
finished, Paul purposed in the spirit to go to
Jerusalem after he had passed through
Macedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have
been there, I must also see Rome.“
• Paul is not just sitting around waiting for God
to do something.
• You can’t steer a stationary boat.
• So, “purposed in the spirit to go” then GO!

29. Acts 19:21, Paul Rome
• . Acts 19:21 …"After I have been there, I
must also see Rome."

30. Acts 19:28,
Artemis of the
Ephesians

31. Apollo & Artemis Silver
• tetradrachm of
Selinus
(obverse) The
healing god
Apollo aims his
bow

32. Artemis
• Artemis was the
Olympian Goddess of
wild animals and
hunting. She was a
patron of the
wilderness. The things
she adored most were
hunting, fishing, fowling
and all kinds of bodies…

33. The Greek
goddess
Artemis or the
Roman goddess
Diana.

34. Acts 19:29, One Accord
• . Acts 19:29 The city was filled with the confusion,
and they rushed with one accord into the theater,
dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling
companions from Macedonia.
• This is not the only automobile mentioned in Scripture
• Deuteronomy 3:18 …valiant…
• Job 41:26 …the dart…
• Genesis 32:22 …the ford…
• Job 9:17 …with a tempest…
• Exodus 4:20 …Moses took the rod of God…
• Genesis 3:24 He drove man out…

35. Ephesus Theater
• The Theater at Ephesus was able to
seat up to 25,000 spectators. It was
completed in its present form
under Trajan. It was here
in
A.D. 57 that Demetrius' protest
against the Apostle Paul took place
in which the Ephesians cried out
for two hours, "great is Diana of the
Ephesians".

36. Ephesus Theater
(from Bible Photos of the Holy
Land, Photo Copyright © 1993,1994Corel Corporation.)