Acts 19:28

On hearing this then, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 that not only is this our trade in danger of falling into contempt, but also that this temple of the great goddess Diana should be counted as nothing, and that henceforth also her magnificence should be utterly destroyed, whom all Asia and the whole world worshippeth.

29And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed unanimously into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travelling companions.

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Cross References

Acts 7:54Now when they heard these things, they were cut through their hearts as with a saw, and gnashed upon him with their teeth.

Acts 18:19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself went into the synagogue, and discoursed with the Jews.

Acts 21:28crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man, who, by his preaching, sets all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: yea and more still, hath brought Greeks into the temple, and defiled this holy place:

Revelation 13:4And they worshipped the dragon who had given authority to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who is able to wage 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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