ACTS 19:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:”
When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: 'Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!' — The crowd's chanting (mega = megale) invokes Artemis's cultic greatness (megaleiotes, majesty) while rage (thymos, violent anger) displaces rational deliberation.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:26
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at naught; but also, that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships. And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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