Acts 19:31-41

31 Also, some leaders of Asia who were friends of Paul sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater.
32 Some people were shouting one thing, and some were shouting another. The meeting was completely confused; most of them did not know why they had come together.
33 The Jews put a man named Alexander in front of the people, and some of them told him what to do. Alexander waved his hand so he could explain things to the people.
34 But when they saw that Alexander was a Jew, they all shouted the same thing for two hours: "Great is Artemis of Ephesus!"
35 Then the city clerk made the crowd be quiet. He said, "People of Ephesus, everyone knows that Ephesus is the city that keeps the temple of the great goddess Artemis and her holy stonen that fell from heaven.
36 Since no one can say this is not true, you should be quiet. Stop and think before you do anything.
37 You brought these men here, but they have not said anything evil against our goddess or stolen anything from her temple.
38 If Demetrius and those who work with him have a charge against anyone they should go to the courts and judges where they can argue with each other.
39 If there is something else you want to talk about, it can be decided at the regular town meeting of the people.
40 I say this because some people might see this trouble today and say that we are rioting. We could not explain this, because there is no real reason for this meeting."
41 After the city clerk said these things, he told the people to go home.
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