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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;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.
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And*certain of the chief of Asia, which werehisfriends,sentuntohim,desiring him that he wouldnotadventurehimselfinto the theatre.
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Sometherefore*cried one thing, and some another:for the assemblywasconfused ; and the more partknewnotwhereforethey were come together .
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And they drewAlexander out of the multitude, the Jewsputtinghimforward . AndAlexanderbeckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
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But when they knewthat he was a Jew,all*withonevoiceabout the space of twohours cried out , Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
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And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said , Ye men of Ephesus,what*man is therethatknowethnot how that the city of the Ephesiansis a worshipper of the greatgoddessDiana,and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
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Seeingthen that these things cannot be spoken against,yeought* to bequiet , and to donothingrashly.
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For ye have brought hitherthesemen, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yetblasphemers of yourgoddess.
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Wherefore*ifDemetrius,and the craftsmen which are withhim,have a matteragainst any man, the law is open , and there aredeputies: let them implead one another.
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Butif ye enquire any thingconcerning other matters, it shall be determinedin a lawfulassembly.
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Forwe are in danger to be called in questionfor this day'suproar, there beingnocausewherebywemaygive an account of thisconcourse.
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And when he hadthusspoken , he dismissed the assembly.