Acts 19:17-27

17 And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and ¹the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.

18 Also many of those who were now believers came, ²confessing and divulging their practices.

19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

20 So the word of the Lord ³continued to increase and prevail mightily.

A Riot at Ephesus

21 Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit ⁴to pass through ⁵Macedonia and Achaia and ⁶go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, ⁷I must also see Rome."

22 And having sent into Macedonia two of ⁸his helpers, ⁹Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia ¹⁰for a while.

23 About that time ¹¹there arose no little disturbance concerning ¹²the Way.

24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, ¹³brought no little business to the craftsmen.

25 ¹⁴These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.

26 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, ¹⁵saying that ¹⁶gods made with hands are not gods.

27 And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the ¹⁷great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."