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Acts 19:34

James Moffatt - New Testament

but when they discovered he was a Jew, a roar broke from them all, and for about two hours they shouted, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

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When they heard this they were filled with rage and raised the cry, "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"

worshipping the dragon for having given authority to the Beast, and worshipping the Beast with the cry, "Who is like the Beast? Who can fight with him?"

Bringing them before the praetors they declared, "These fellows are Jews who are making an agitation in our town;

Do not pray by idle rote like pagans, for they suppose they will be heard the more they say;

You forbid adultery; do you commit adultery? You detest idols; do you rob temples?

You also see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over Asia this fellow Paul has drawn off a considerable number of people by his persuasions. He declares that hand-made gods are not gods at all.

By making silver shrines of Artemis a silversmith called Demetrius was the means of bringing rich profit to his workmen.

Some of the mob concluded it must be Alexander, as the Jews pushed him to the front. So Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to defend himself before the people;

The secretary of state then got the mob calmed down, and said to them, "Men of Ephesus, who on earth does not know that the city of Ephesus is Warden of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell from heaven?




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