26 and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia[a] this man Paul has persuaded and[b] turned away a large crowd by[c] 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[d] and the entire world worship!”

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

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:26 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
  2. Acts 19:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“has persuaded”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Acts 19:26 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saying”) which is understood as means
  4. Acts 19:27 A reference to the Roman province of Asia (modern Asia Minor)
  5. Acts 19:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Acts 19:28 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Acts 19:28 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to shout”)