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Acts 19:22-41

22AndhavingsentG649intoMacedoniaΜακεδονίανMakedonianG3109twoδύοduoG1417ofthemthatministeredδιακονούντωνdiakonountōnG1247untohim,TimothyΤιμόθεονTimotheonG5095andErastusἜραστον,ErastonG2037,hehimselfstayedinAsiaἈσίαν.¶AsianG773forawhile.
23AndaboutthattimeκαιρὸνkaironG2540therearoseἘγένετοEgenetoG1096nosmallὀλίγοςoligosG3641stirconcerningπερὶperiG4012theWayὁδοῦ.¶hodouG3598.
24ForacertainτιςtisG5100mannamedG3686DemetriusΔημήτριοςDēmētriosG1216,asilversmith,whomadeG4160silverἀργυροῦςargurousG693shrinesofDiana,broughtπαρείχετοpareichetoG3930nolittleὀλίγηνoligēnG3641businessἐργασίαν,ergasianG2039untothecraftsmenτεχνίταιςtechnitaisG5079;
25whomhegatheredtogetherσυναθροίσαςsunathroisasG4867,withtheworkmenἐργάταςergatasG2040oflikeoccupation,andsaidG3004, Sirs, yeknowἐπίστασθεepistastheG1987thatbythisbusinessἐργασίαςergasiasG2039wehaveourwealth.
26AndyeseeθεωρεῖτεtheōreiteG2334andhearἀκούετεakoueteG191,thatnotaloneG3441atEphesusἘφέσουEphesouG2181,butalmostσχεδὸνschedonG4975throughoutallAsiaἈσίαςAsiasG773,thisPaulΠαῦλοςPaulosG3972hathpersuadedG3982andturnedawaymuchpeopleὄχλονochlonG3793,sayingλέγωνlegōnG3004thattheyareG1510nogodsθεοὶtheoiG2316,thatareG1510madewithhandsχειρῶνcheirōnG5495:
27andnotonlyG3440istheredangerG2793thatthisourtradecomeἐλθεῖνeltheinG2064intodisrepute;butalsoG2532thatthetempleofthegreatμεγάληςmegalēsG3173goddessDianabemadeofnoaccount,andthatsheshouldevenG2532bedeposedfromhermagnificencewhomallAsiaἈσίαAsiaG773andtheworldοἰκουμένηoikoumenēG3625worshippeth.
28AndwhentheyheardG191thistheywerefilledwithwrathG2372,andcriedἔκραζονekrazonG2896out,sayingλέγοντες·legontesG3004,GreatμεγάληmegalēG3173isDianaoftheEphesiansἘφεσίων.EphesiōnG2180.
29AndthecityπόλιςpolisG4172wasfilledἐπλήσθηeplēsthēG4130withtheconfusion:andtheyrushedὥρμησάνhōrmēsanG3729withoneὁμοθυμαδὸνhomothumadonG3661accordG3661intothetheatre, havingseizedGaiusΓάϊονGaionG1050andAristarchusἈρίσταρχονAristarchonG708, menofMacedonia,Paul’scompanionsintravel.
30AndwhenPaulΠαύλουPaulouG3972wasmindedtoenterG1525inuntothepeople,thedisciplesG3101sufferedhimnot.
31AndcertainG5100alsoκαὶkaiG2532oftheAsiarchs,beingὄντεςontesG1510hisfriendsφίλοι,philoiG5384,sentG3992untohimandbesoughthimnottoadventurehimselfintothetheatre.
32SomethereforeοὖνounG3767criedἔκραζον·ekrazonG2896oneG5100thing,andsomeanother:fortheassemblyἐκκλησίαekklēsiaG1577wasG1510inconfusion;andthemoreG4183partknewnotwhereforetheywereG1510cometogetherG4905.
33AndtheybroughtAlexanderἈλέξανδρονAlexandronG223outofthemultitudeG3793,theJewsἸουδαίων·IoudaiōnG2453puttinghimforward.AndAlexanderἈλέξανδροςAlexandrosG223beckonedwiththehandχεῖραcheiraG5495,andwouldhavemadeadefence untothepeopleG3793.
34ButwhenG5613theyperceivedthathewasG1510aJewἸουδαῖόςIoudaiosG2453,allwithoneμίαmiaG1520voiceG5456aboutthespaceoftwoδύοduoG1417hoursὥραςhōrasG5610criedκραζόντων·krazontōnG2896out,GreatμεγάληmegalēG3173isG1510DianaoftheEphesiansἘφεσίων.EphesiōnG2180.
35AndwhenthetownclerkhadquietedthemultitudeG3793,hesaith, YemenG444ofEphesus,whatmanG444isG1510therewhoknowethnotthatthecityπόλινpolinG4172oftheEphesiansG2180isG1510temple-keeperofthegreatμεγάληςmegalēsG3173Diana,andoftheimagewhichfelldownfromJupiter?
36SeeingthenthatthesethingsτούτωνtoutōnG3778cannotbeG1510gainsaid, yeoughtG1163tobeG1510quiet,andtodonothingμηδὲνmēdenG3367rash.
37ForyehavebroughtG71hitherthesemenG435,whoareneitherrobbersoftemplesnorblasphemersofourgoddess.
38IfthereforeοὖνounG3767DemetriusΔημήτριοςDēmētriosG1216,andthecraftsmenτεχνῖταιtechnitaiG5079thatareG1510withhim,haveamatterλόγον,logonG3056againstanyman,thecourtsareG1510open,andthereareG1510proconsulsG446:letthemaccuseoneἀλλήλοις.allēloisG240another.
39ButifyeseekG1934anythingτιtiG5100aboutotherG2087matters,itshallbesettledintheregularassemblyἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiaG1577.
40ForindeedweareindangerκινδυνεύομενkinduneuomenG2793tobeaccusedconcerningG4012thisday’s riot,therebeingnocauseforit:andastouchingitweshallnotbeableδυνησόμεθαdunēsomethaG1410togiveG591accountG3056ofthisconcourse.
41Andwhenhehadthusspoken,hedismissedG630theassemblyἐκκλησίαν.¶ekklēsianG1577.
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