24 For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis,[a] provided a great deal of[b] business for the craftsmen. 25 When he had assembled them, as well as the workers engaged in this type of business, he said: “Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this business. 26 You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:24 Artemis was the ancient Gk mother goddess believed to control all fertility.
  2. Acts 19:24 Lit provided not a little

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