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Afterthesethings were ended, Paulpurposedin the spirit, when he had passed throughMacedoniaandAchaia, to gotoJerusalem,saying, After*I have beenthere,ImustalsoseeRome.
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So he sentintoMacedoniatwo of them that ministered unto him,TimotheusandErastus; but he himselfstayedinAsia for a season.
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Andthesametime there arosenosmallstirabout that way.
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For a certain man namedDemetrius, a silversmith, which madesilvershrines for Diana,broughtnosmallgain unto the craftsmen;
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Whom he called together with the workmenof like occupation,andsaid, Sirs, ye knowthatbythiscraft we haveourwealth.
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Moreover ye seeandhear, thatnotalone at Ephesus,butalmost throughout allAsia,thisPaul hath persuaded and turned awaymuchpeople,sayingthat they benogods,which are madewithhands:
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So that notonlythisourcraft is in danger to be setatnought;[a]butalso that the temple of the greatgoddessDiana should be despised**, and*hermagnificenceshould be destroyed, whomallAsiaand the worldworshippeth.
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And when they heard these sayings, they werefull of wrath,and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
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And the wholecity was filled with confusion:and having caughtGaiusandAristarchus, men of Macedonia,Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accordinto the theatre.
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AndwhenPaulwould have enteredin unto the people, the disciplessufferedhimnot.