Neville Goddard on Acts 19:9-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Acts 19 in context

Scripture Focus

9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

10And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

12So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

13Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

14And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.

15And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?

16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

17And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

20So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Acts 19:9-20

Biblical Context

In Acts 19:9-20, Paul faces hardened unbelief and public scoffing, yet his persistence in teaching leads to widespread hearing of the Lord Jesus. Believers confess, burn their magical books, and the Word grows mightily.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how opposition in Acts 19 becomes a friendly tutor in the mind. The hardened divers represent stubborn states of consciousness; the daily disputing at Tyrannus’s hall is the inner argument by which a new I AM asserts itself. Two years of patient teaching mirror the slow conditioning of a belief until it saturates every dwelling in Asia—Jews and Greeks alike—because the inner word has won its hearing. The miracles are not outside powers exerted upon flesh, but signs of a mind fully convinced that God is present as I AM. The vagabond exorcists show that external performances cannot expel what is not already true for the observer. When the seven sons are overpowered, the message is clear: true authority comes from alignment with the Name I AM, not from borrowed rites. The burning of books indicates a release from idols long valued, freeing energy for the Word to prevail. And so the word of God grows mightily and prevails, precisely where consciousness chooses to become its own synonym.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume you are already the Word in action; dwell in that consciousness for a few minutes, feeling the outcome as done. Then write a short list of old beliefs you release and burn it in your imagination, inviting the new conviction to rise.