There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.”
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28When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
23At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
24For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
25He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
26And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
33Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.
34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
35After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said,“Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
36So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.
37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
38If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against someone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.
39But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.
40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
17This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
18Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.
19Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.
20In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.
27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
28shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”
29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)
30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.
21(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
22So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
16Paul and Silas Are Thrown Into Prison Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
17She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
10This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.
16Paul at Athens While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.
17If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
19But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
13The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
15“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
31Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.
10“Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
17because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast– seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off
6When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
7and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”
8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
15The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,
18Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
11So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,“The gods have come down to us in human form!”
13saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”
8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
3For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior.”
18which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
15You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words.
19And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning,“Woe, Woe, O great city– in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth– because in a single hour she has been destroyed!”