Acts 19:34

World English Bible (2000)

But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

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  • Acts 19:28 : 28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
  • Rom 2:22 : 22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
  • Rev 13:4 : 4 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
  • 1 Kgs 18:26 : 26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
  • Matt 6:7 : 7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
  • Acts 16:20 : 20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
  • Acts 19:26 : 26 You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

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  • Acts 19:23-29
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    23 About that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

    24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,

    25 whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.

    26 You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands.

    27 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."

    28 When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.

  • Acts 19:35-40
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    35 When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, "You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

    36 Seeing then that these things can't be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

    37 For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

    38 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

    39 But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

    40 For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn't be able to give an account of this commotion."

  • Acts 19:32-33
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    32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn't know why they had come together.

    33 They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.

  • Acts 19:17-18
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    17 This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

    18 Many also of those who had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

  • Acts 21:27-30
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    27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

    28 crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!"

    29 For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    30 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

  • Acts 14:11-14
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    11 When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"

    12 They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.

    13 The priest of Jupiter, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have made a sacrifice along with the multitudes.

    14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they tore their clothes, and sprang into the multitude, crying out,

  • Acts 12:22
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    22 The people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

  • Acts 19:10
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    10 This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

  • Acts 22:22-23
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    22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"

    23 As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

  • Acts 17:8
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    8 The multitude and the rulers of the city were troubled when they heard these things.

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

    19 They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.

  • Acts 16:19-20
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    19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

    20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

  • Acts 4:24
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    24 When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

  • Acts 14:4
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    4 But the multitude of the city was divided. Part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

  • Acts 18:12-13
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    12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

    13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

  • Acts 17:21-22
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    21 Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

    22 Paul stood in the middle of the Areopagus, and said, "You men of Athens, I perceive that you are very religious in all things.

  • Acts 16:22
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    22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

  • Acts 8:11
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    11 They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, "You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

  • Acts 17:5-6
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    5 But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.

    6 When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

  • Acts 23:9
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    9 A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"

  • Acts 24:11
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    11 seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

  • Acts 28:22
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    22 But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against."

  • Acts 16:17
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    17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!"