Their kings and leaders joined together\par to fight against the Lord\par and against the king he chose.\par
Acts 19:28 - Easy To Read Version When the men heard this, they became very angry. They shouted, “Artemis, the goddess of the city of Ephesus, is great!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As they listened to this, they were filled with rage and they continued to shout, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! American Standard Version (1901) And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. Common English Bible Once they heard this, they were beside themselves with anger and began to shout, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” Catholic Public Domain Version Upon hearing this, they were filled with anger, and they cried out, saying, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Having heard these things, they were full of anger, and cried out, saying: Great is Diana of the Ephesians. |
Their kings and leaders joined together\par to fight against the Lord\par and against the king he chose.\par
Sword, strike the waters of Babylon.\par Those waters will be dried up.\par Babylon has many, many idols.\par Those idols show\par that the people of Babylon are foolish.\par So bad things will happen to those people.\par
Herod {\cf2\super [29]} saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time \{the baby was born\}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.
Then they went to the city of Ephesus. This is where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. While Paul was in Ephesus, he went into the synagogue {\cf2\super [369]} and talked with the Jews.
There was a man named Demetrius. He worked with silver. He made little silver models that looked like the temple {\cf2\super [390]} of the goddess Artemis. The men that did this work made much money.
The Jewish leaders heard Stephen say these things. They became very angry. The Jewish leaders were so mad that they were grinding their teeth at Stephen.
So be happy you heavens and all who live there! But it will be bad for the earth and sea, because the devil has gone down to you! The devil is filled with anger. He knows he doesn’t have much time.”
People worshiped the giant snake because he had given his power to the animal. And the people also worshiped the animal. They asked, “Who is as powerful as the animal? Who can make war against him?”
All ten of these rulers have the same purpose. And they will give their power and authority to the animal.