16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped upon them, subdued both of them, and overpowered them, so that they escaped out of that house naked and wounded.
17 And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, dwelling in Ephesus; and afear fell upon them all, and the bname of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many of those who had believed came, 1aconfessing and making known their 2practices.
19 And a considerable number of those who practiced magic brought their books together and 1burned them before all; and they counted up the price of them and found it to be fifty thousand 2pieces of silver.
20 1Thus, the word of the Lord agrew mightily and prevailed.
21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul 1apurposed in his 2spirit to pass through bMacedonia and Achaia and 3go to cJerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also 4dsee Rome.
22 And having sent into Macedonia two of those who aserved him, bTimothy and 1Erastus, he himself 2stayed in Asia for a time.
23 And about that time no small adisturbance took place concerning the 1bWay.
24 For a certain man named 1Demetrius, a silversmith who 2made silver shrines of 3Artemis, afforded no little business to the craftsmen.
25 These he 1assembled together with the workmen of similar trades as well and said, 2Men, you know that from this business we have ouraprosperity.
26 And you observe and hear that not only at Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and perverted a considerable number, saying that the gods being made by ahands are no gods at all.
27 And not only is there danger that our trade will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the agreat goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and that the magnificence of her whom the whole of Asia and the inhabited earth worships will also be overthrown.
28 And when they heard this, they became full of rage and began to cry out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
29 And the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, seizing 1Gaius and aAristarchus of Macedonia, Paul’s traveling bcompanions.
30 And when Paul intended to enter into the populace, the disciples would not allow him.
31 And some of the 1Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and entreated him not to venture into the theater himself.
32 So then some were acrying out one thing, and some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know for what cause they had come together.
33 And they drew 1Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews having pushed him forward; and Alexander, amotioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the populace.
34 But when they realized that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, crying out, aGreat is Artemis of the Ephesians!