Acts 19:28

And when they heard these things they were filled with wrath; and they cried out, and said: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

27And not only is this occupation slandered and impeded, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana is accounted as nothing; and likewise the goddess herself of all Asia, and whom all nations worship, is contemned.

29And the whole city was in commotion; and they ran together, and entered the theatre. And they caught, and bore along with them, Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, and associates of Paul.

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Cross References

Acts 7:54And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls; and they gnashed their teeth against him.

Acts 18:19And they came to Ephesus; and Paul entered the synagogue, and discoursed with the Jews.

Acts 21:28crying out and saying: Men, sons of Israel; help. This is the man, who teacheth in every place, against our people, and against the law, and against this place; and he hath also brought Gentiles into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

Revelation 13:4And they worshipped the dragon, because he had given authority to this beast of prey, and they said, who can make war upon 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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