Acts 19:34

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But when the crowd saw that he was Jewish, they all shouted for two hours, “Great is Artemis, the goddess of the Ephesians!”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:26

They chose their bull, then they got it ready and prayed to Baal all morning, asking him to start the fire. They danced around the altar and shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” But there was no answer.

Matthew 6:7

When you pray, don't talk on and on as people do who don't know God. They think God likes to hear long prayers.

Acts 16:20

They told the officials, “These Jews are upsetting our city!

Acts 19:24

A silversmith named Demetrius had a business that made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. Those who worked for him earned a lot of money.

Acts 19:26

But you have seen and heard how this man Paul is upsetting a lot of people, not only in Ephesus, but almost everywhere in Asia. He claims that the gods we humans make are not really gods at all.

Acts 19:28

When the workers heard this, they got angry and started shouting, “Great is Artemis, the goddess of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:33

Several of the Jewish leaders pushed a man named Alexander to the front of the crowd and started telling him what to say. He motioned with his hand and tried to explain what was going on.

Acts 19:35

Finally, a town official made the crowd be quiet. Then he said: People of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that our city is the centre for worshipping the great goddess Artemis? Who doesn't know that her image which fell from heaven is here?

Romans 2:22

You say people should be faithful in marriage. But are you faithful? You hate idols, yet you rob their temples.

Revelation 13:4

and they worshipped the dragon who had given its authority to the beast. They also worshipped the beast and said, “No one is like this beast! No one can fight against it.”