Acts 19:23-31

23 Now there happened at that time no little disturbance concerning the Way.

24 For someone {named} Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver replicas of the temple of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen.

25 {These} he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, [and] said, "Men, you know that from this business {we get our prosperity},

26 and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this man Paul has persuaded [and] turned away a large crowd [by] saying that the [gods] made by hands are not gods.

27 So not only is there a danger this line of business of ours [will] come into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis [will] be regarded as nothing--and [she] is about to be brought down even from her grandeur, [she] whom the whole [of] Asia and the [entire] world worship!"

28 And [when they] heard [this] and became full of rage, they began to shout, saying, "Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians!"

29 And the city was filled with the tumult, and with one purpose they rushed into the theater, seizing Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians [who were] traveling companions of Paul.

30 But [when] Paul wanted to enter into the popular assembly, the disciples would not let him.

31 And even some of the Asiarchs who were his friends sent [word] to him [and] were urging [him] not to risk himself [by going] into the theater.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "by name"
• [b] Literally "whom"
• [c] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("gathered together") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d] Literally "prosperity is to us"
• [e] A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
• [f] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("has persuaded") has been translated as a finite verb
• [g] *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saying") which is understood as means
• [h] A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
• [i] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
• [j] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [k] *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to shout")
• [l] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("wanted")
• [m] Or "provincial authorities"
• [n] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [o] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("sent") has been translated as a finite verb
• [p] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation