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But alsosome of the Jewishexorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to nameoverthose who had the evilspirits the name of the LordJesus, saying, "I adjure you by JesuswhomPaulpreaches."
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And the man, in whom was the evilspirit, leaped on them and subduedall of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that housenaked and wounded.
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And many of those who practicedmagicbrought their bookstogether and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty*thousandpieces of silver.
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Nowafterthesethings were finished, Paulpurposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passedthroughMacedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have beenthere, I mustalsoseeRome."
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"You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almostall of Asia, thisPaul has persuaded and turnedaway a considerablenumber of people, saying that gods made with hands are nogods at all.
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"Not only is there danger that thistrade of oursfall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the greatgoddessArtemis be regarded as worthless and that she whomall of Asia and the worldworship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."
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The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with oneaccord into the theater, draggingalongGaius and Aristarchus, Paul'stravelingcompanions from Macedonia.
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Sothen, some were shoutingone thing and someanother, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for whatreason they had cometogether.
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Some of the crowdconcluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.
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But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcryarose from them all as they shouted for abouttwohours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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Afterquieting the crowd, the townclerksaid, "Men of Ephesus, whatman is there afterallwho does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the greatArtemis and of the image whichfelldown from heaven?
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"Sothen, ifDemetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaintagainstanyman, the courts are in session and proconsuls are available; let them bringchargesagainstoneanother.
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"But if you wantanythingbeyond this, it shall be settled in the lawfulassembly.
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"For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today's events, since there is no real cause for it, and in thisconnection we will be unable* to account* for thisdisorderlygathering."