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24 For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith making silver shrines[a] of Artemis[b], was bringing-about no small business for the craftsmen— 25 whom having assembled-together, and the workers with respect to such things, he said, “Men, you know that prosperity for us is from this business. 26 And you are seeing and hearing that this Paul— having persuaded people not only from Ephesus, but from almost all Asia— turned-away a considerable crowd, saying that the gods being made with hands are not gods.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:24 That is, miniature replicas of this world-famous temple, which was considered one of the wonders of the world.
  2. Acts 19:24 She was a many-breasted goddess of fertility, and perhaps is the same goddess known to the Romans as Diana.

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