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And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Ar'temis may count for nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."
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When they heard this they were enraged, and cried out, "Great is Ar'temis of the Ephesians!"
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So the city was filled with the confusion; and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Ga'ius and Aristar'chus, Macedo'nians who were Paul's companions in travel.
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Paul wished to go in among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him;
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some of the A'si-archs also, who were friends of his, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
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Now some cried one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.
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Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom the Jews had put forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense to the people.
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But when they recognized that he was a Jew, for about two hours they all with one voice cried out, "Great is Ar'temis of the Ephesians!"
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And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Ar'temis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?
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Seeing then that these things cannot be contradicted, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash.
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For you have brought these men here who are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess.