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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Acts 19:26 in context
Acts 19:23–29
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About that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
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For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
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whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.
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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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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.”
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When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
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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.
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