Acts 19:28

Now upon hearing this they were filled with anger and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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In The King James Version

And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

In Context

27So not only is this trade of ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be discredited, and even her own majesty be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.”

29So the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed into the theater with one accord (they had seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's traveling companions).

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Cross References

Acts 7:54Well as they heard these things their hearts were being sawed in half, and they started gnashing their teeth at him.

Acts 18:19He came to Ephesus and left them there (after having entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews).

Acts 21:28shouting: “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Not only that, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place!”

Revelation 13:4And they did obeisance to the dragon who had given the authority to the Beast, and they did obeisance to the Beast saying, “Who is like the Beast, and who is able to make war with him?”

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:22-41

The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain… Read the whole commentary →

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