Acts 19:23-29
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About that time b there arose no little disturbance concerning c the Way.
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For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, d brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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d These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.
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And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, e saying that f gods made with hands are not gods.
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And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the g great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."
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When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, g "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and h Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's i companions in travel.
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2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
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Acts 19:9
But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief, speaking evil of the Way before the congregation, he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him, reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.
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Acts 16:16
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling.
Acts 16:19
But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
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Acts 19:24
For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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Acts 14:15
Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
Acts 17:29
Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
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Deuteronomy 4:28
And there you will serve gods of wood and stone...
2 Kings 19:18
And have cast their gods into the fire, for the...
Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of hu...
Isaiah 44:10 - 20
Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is pro...
Jeremiah 10:3 - 6
For the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tr...
Revelation 9:20
The rest of mankind, who were not killed by the...
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Acts 8:10
They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called Great.
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Acts 19:27
And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.
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Acts 20:4
Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.
Acts 27:2
And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
Colossians 4:10
Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, and Mark the cousin of Barnabas (concerning whom you have received instructions - if he comes to you, welcome him).
Philemon 1:24
And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
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2 Corinthians 8:19
And not only that, but he has been appointed by the churches to travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord himself and to show our good will.
Acts 19:22
And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
Acts 20:34
You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.
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