Acts 19:26-28

Expanded Bible

²⁶ But ·look at [^Lyou have seen and heard] what this man Paul is doing. He has ·convinced [persuaded] and ·turned away [or led astray] many people, not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of [^Cthe province of] Asia! He says the gods made by human hands are not ·real [^Lgods (at all); Is. 44:9–20; 46:1–7; 1 Cor. 8:4–6]. ²⁷ There is a danger that our business will ·lose its good name [be discredited], but there is also another danger: People will begin to think that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is not important, and the goddess herself, whom everyone in [^Cthe province of] Asia and the whole world worships, will ·lose [be deposed of/stripped of] her majesty [magnificence; greatness].

²⁸ When the others heard this, they became ·very angry [enraged; furious] and shouted, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”