Acts 19:28

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Acts 19:28

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

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ASV

American Standard Version

And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And having heard and having become full of rage, they were crying out, saying, “Great [is] Artemis of [the] Ephesians!”

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 19

²⁶ And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

²⁷ There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

²⁸ When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

²⁹ Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

³⁰ Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

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