And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.
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28And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
29And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
23And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
24For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;
25Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.
26And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
33Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:
34But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
35And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?
36So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.
37For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.
38If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.
39But if any other business is in question, let it be taken up in the regular meeting.
40For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.
17And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.
18And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.
19And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.
20So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,
28Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
29For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.
30And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.
21(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)
22And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.
23For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.
16And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.
17She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.
10And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.
16Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.
17If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
19But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;
13And the priest of the image of Jupiter, which was before the town, took oxen and flowers to the doors of the town, and was about to make an offering with the people.
14But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,
15Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:
22But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.
31And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.
10Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.
17For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,
6And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;
7Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
15The traders in these things, by which their wealth was increased, will be watching far off for fear of her punishment, weeping and crying;
18And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.
11And when the people saw what Paul had done, they said in a loud voice, in the language of Lycaonia, The gods have come down to us in the form of men.
13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.
8For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
3For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.
18And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,
15But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.
19And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.