Acts 19:23
And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
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Acts 19:23
And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
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Acts 19:24
For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;
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Acts 19:25
Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.
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Acts 19:26
And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
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Acts 19:27
And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.
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Acts 19:28
And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
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Acts 19:29
And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
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