Acts 19
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- Acts 19:4KJV Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.NIV Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
- Acts 19:10KJV And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.NIV This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord .
- Acts 19:24KJV For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;AMP Now a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis (Diana), was bringing no small profit to the craftsmen.
- Acts 19:27KJV So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; 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 worshippeth.AMP Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will be discredited, but also that the [magnificent] temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and that she whom all Asia and the world worship will even…
- Acts 19:28KJV And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.AMP When they heard this, they were filled with rage, and they began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 19:34KJV But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.AMP But when they realized that he was a Jew, a single outcry went up from the crowd as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 19:35KJV And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell…NASB After quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell…
- Acts 19:37KJV For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.NKJV For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.