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1 ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῶ τὸν ἀπολλῶ εἶναι ἐν κορίνθῳ παῦλον διελθόντα τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη [κατ]ελθεῖν εἰς ἔφεσον καὶ εὑρεῖν τινας μαθητάς,

2 εἶπέν τε πρὸς αὐτούς, εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐλάβετε πιστεύσαντες; οἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἔστιν ἠκούσαμεν.

3 εἶπέν τε, εἰς τί οὗν ἐβαπτίσθητε; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, εἰς τὸ ἰωάννου βάπτισμα.

4 εἶπεν δὲ παῦλος, ἰωάννης ἐβάπτισεν βάπτισμα μετανοίας, τῶ λαῶ λέγων εἰς τὸν ἐρχόμενον μετ᾽ αὐτὸν ἵνα πιστεύσωσιν, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν εἰς τὸν ἰησοῦν.

5 ἀκούσαντες δὲ ἐβαπτίσθησαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου ἰησοῦ·

6 καὶ ἐπιθέντος αὐτοῖς τοῦ παύλου [τὰς] χεῖρας ἦλθε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις καὶ ἐπροφήτευον.

7 ἦσαν δὲ οἱ πάντες ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ δώδεκα.

8 εἰσελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐπαρρησιάζετο ἐπὶ μῆνας τρεῖς διαλεγόμενος καὶ πείθων [τὰ] περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ.

9 ὡς δέ τινες ἐσκληρύνοντο καὶ ἠπείθουν κακολογοῦντες τὴν ὁδὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ πλήθους, ἀποστὰς ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀφώρισεν τοὺς μαθητάς, καθ᾽ ἡμέραν διαλεγόμενος ἐν τῇ σχολῇ τυράννου.

10 τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ ἔτη δύο, ὥστε πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν ἀσίαν ἀκοῦσαι τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου, ἰουδαίους τε καὶ ἕλληνας.

11 δυνάμεις τε οὐ τὰς τυχούσας ὁ θεὸς ἐποίει διὰ τῶν χειρῶν παύλου,

12 ὥστε καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ἀποφέρεσθαι ἀπὸ τοῦ χρωτὸς αὐτοῦ σουδάρια ἢ σιμικίνθια καὶ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὰς νόσους, τά τε πνεύματα τὰ πονηρὰ ἐκπορεύεσθαι.

13 ἐπεχείρησαν δέ τινες καὶ τῶν περιερχομένων ἰουδαίων ἐξορκιστῶν ὀνομάζειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔχοντας τὰ πνεύματα τὰ πονηρὰ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου ἰησοῦ λέγοντες, ὁρκίζω ὑμᾶς τὸν ἰησοῦν ὃν παῦλος κηρύσσει.

14 ἦσαν δέ τινος σκευᾶ ἰουδαίου ἀρχιερέως ἑπτὰ υἱοὶ τοῦτο ποιοῦντες.

15 ἀποκριθὲν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρὸν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, τὸν [μὲν] ἰησοῦν γινώσκω καὶ τὸν παῦλον ἐπίσταμαι, ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνες ἐστέ;

16 καὶ ἐφαλόμενος ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἐν ᾧ ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρὸν κατακυριεύσας ἀμφοτέρων ἴσχυσεν κατ᾽ αὐτῶν, ὥστε γυμνοὺς καὶ τετραυματισμένους ἐκφυγεῖν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου ἐκείνου.

17 τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο γνωστὸν πᾶσιν ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ ἕλλησιν τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν τὴν ἔφεσον, καὶ ἐπέπεσεν φόβος ἐπὶ πάντας αὐτούς, καὶ ἐμεγαλύνετο τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ κυρίου ἰησοῦ.

18 πολλοί τε τῶν πεπιστευκότων ἤρχοντο ἐξομολογούμενοι καὶ ἀναγγέλλοντες τὰς πράξεις αὐτῶν.

19 ἱκανοὶ δὲ τῶν τὰ περίεργα πραξάντων συνενέγκαντες τὰς βίβλους κατέκαιον ἐνώπιον πάντων· καὶ συνεψήφισαν τὰς τιμὰς αὐτῶν καὶ εὖρον ἀργυρίου μυριάδας πέντε.

20 οὕτως κατὰ κράτος τοῦ κυρίου ὁ λόγος ηὔξανεν καὶ ἴσχυεν.

21 ὡς δὲ ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, ἔθετο ὁ παῦλος ἐν τῶ πνεύματι διελθὼν τὴν μακεδονίαν καὶ ἀχαΐαν πορεύεσθαι εἰς ἱεροσόλυμα, εἰπὼν ὅτι μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι με ἐκεῖ δεῖ με καὶ ῥώμην ἰδεῖν.

22 ἀποστείλας δὲ εἰς τὴν μακεδονίαν δύο τῶν διακονούντων αὐτῶ, τιμόθεον καὶ ἔραστον, αὐτὸς ἐπέσχεν χρόνον εἰς τὴν ἀσίαν.

23 ἐγένετο δὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ἐκεῖνον τάραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ.

24 δημήτριος γάρ τις ὀνόματι, ἀργυροκόπος, ποιῶν ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς ἀρτέμιδος παρείχετο τοῖς τεχνίταις οὐκ ὀλίγην ἐργασίαν,

25 οὓς συναθροίσας καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐργάτας εἶπεν, ἄνδρες, ἐπίστασθε ὅτι ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἐργασίας ἡ εὐπορία ἡμῖν ἐστιν,

26 καὶ θεωρεῖτε καὶ ἀκούετε ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἐφέσου ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν πάσης τῆς ἀσίας ὁ παῦλος οὖτος πείσας μετέστησεν ἱκανὸν ὄχλον, λέγων ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοὶ οἱ διὰ χειρῶν γινόμενοι.

27 οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τὸ μέρος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεᾶς ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι, μέλλειν τε καὶ καθαιρεῖσθαι τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς, ἣν ὅλη ἡ ἀσία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται.

28 ἀκούσαντες δὲ καὶ γενόμενοι πλήρεις θυμοῦ ἔκραζον λέγοντες, μεγάλη ἡ ἄρτεμις ἐφεσίων.

29 καὶ ἐπλήσθη ἡ πόλις τῆς συγχύσεως, ὥρμησάν τε ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς τὸ θέατρον συναρπάσαντες γάϊον καὶ ἀρίσταρχον μακεδόνας, συνεκδήμους παύλου.

30 παύλου δὲ βουλομένου εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸν δῆμον οὐκ εἴων αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταί·

31 τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀσιαρχῶν, ὄντες αὐτῶ φίλοι, πέμψαντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παρεκάλουν μὴ δοῦναι ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὸ θέατρον.

32 ἄλλοι μὲν οὗν ἄλλο τι ἔκραζον, ἦν γὰρ ἡ ἐκκλησία συγκεχυμένη, καὶ οἱ πλείους οὐκ ᾔδεισαν τίνος ἕνεκα συνεληλύθεισαν.

33 ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄχλου συνεβίβασαν ἀλέξανδρον, προβαλόντων αὐτὸν τῶν ἰουδαίων· ὁ δὲ ἀλέξανδρος κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα ἤθελεν ἀπολογεῖσθαι τῶ δήμῳ.

34 ἐπιγνόντες δὲ ὅτι ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν φωνὴ ἐγένετο μία ἐκ πάντων ὡς ἐπὶ ὥρας δύο κραζόντων, μεγάλη ἡ ἄρτεμις ἐφεσίων.

35 καταστείλας δὲ ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλον φησίν, ἄνδρες ἐφέσιοι, τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἀνθρώπων ὃς οὐ γινώσκει τὴν ἐφεσίων πόλιν νεωκόρον οὗσαν τῆς μεγάλης ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τοῦ διοπετοῦς;

36 ἀναντιρρήτων οὗν ὄντων τούτων δέον ἐστὶν ὑμᾶς κατεσταλμένους ὑπάρχειν καὶ μηδὲν προπετὲς πράσσειν.

37 ἠγάγετε γὰρ τοὺς ἄνδρας τούτους οὔτε ἱεροσύλους οὔτε βλασφημοῦντας τὴν θεὸν ἡμῶν.

38 εἰ μὲν οὗν δημήτριος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῶ τεχνῖται ἔχουσι πρός τινα λόγον, ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται καὶ ἀνθύπατοί εἰσιν· ἐγκαλείτωσαν ἀλλήλοις.

39 εἰ δέ τι περαιτέρω ἐπιζητεῖτε, ἐν τῇ ἐννόμῳ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐπιλυθήσεται.

40 καὶ γὰρ κινδυνεύομεν ἐγκαλεῖσθαι στάσεως περὶ τῆς σήμερον, μηδενὸς αἰτίου ὑπάρχοντος, περὶ οὖ [οὐ] δυνησόμεθα ἀποδοῦναι λόγον περὶ τῆς συστροφῆς ταύτης. καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ἀπέλυσεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.

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1  And¹¹⁶¹ it came to pass,¹⁰⁹⁶ that, while Apollos⁶²⁵ was¹⁵¹¹ at¹⁷²² Corinth,²⁸⁸² Paul³⁹⁷² having passed through¹³³⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ upper⁵¹⁰ coasts³³¹³ came²⁰⁶⁴ to¹⁵¹⁹ Ephesus:²¹⁸¹ and²⁵³² finding²¹⁴⁷ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ disciples,³¹⁰¹

2  He said²⁰³⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ them,⁸⁴⁶ Have¹⁴⁸⁷ ye received²⁹⁸³ the Holy⁴⁰ Ghost⁴¹⁵¹ since ye believed?⁴¹⁰⁰ And¹¹⁶¹ they³⁵⁸⁸ said²⁰³⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ We have not so much as^{235 3761} heard¹⁹¹ whether¹⁴⁸⁷ there be²⁰⁷⁶ any Holy⁴⁰ Ghost.⁴¹⁵¹

3  And⁵⁰³⁷ he said²⁰³⁶ unto⁴³¹⁴ them,⁸⁴⁶ Unto¹⁵¹⁹ what⁵¹⁰¹ then³⁷⁶⁷ were ye baptized?⁹⁰⁷ And¹¹⁶¹ they³⁵⁸⁸ said,²⁰³⁶ Unto¹⁵¹⁹ John's²⁴⁹¹ baptism.⁹⁰⁸

4  Then¹¹⁶¹ said²⁰³⁶ Paul,³⁹⁷² John²⁴⁹¹ verily³³⁰³ baptized⁹⁰⁷ with the baptism⁹⁰⁸ of repentance,³³⁴¹ saying³⁰⁰⁴ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ people,²⁹⁹² that²⁴⁴³ they should believe⁴¹⁰⁰ on¹⁵¹⁹ him which should come²⁰⁶⁴ after³³²⁶ him,⁸⁴⁶ that is,⁵¹²³ on¹⁵¹⁹ Christ⁵⁵⁴⁷ Jesus.²⁴²⁴

5  When¹¹⁶¹ they heard¹⁹¹ this, they were baptized⁹⁰⁷ in¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ name³⁶⁸⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus.²⁴²⁴

6  And²⁵³² when Paul³⁹⁷² had laid²⁰⁰⁷ his hands⁵⁴⁹⁵ upon them,⁸⁴⁶ the³⁵⁸⁸ Holy⁴⁰ Ghost⁴¹⁵¹ came²⁰⁶⁴ on¹⁹⁰⁹ them;⁸⁴⁶ and⁵⁰³⁷ they spake²⁹⁸⁰ with tongues,¹¹⁰⁰ and²⁵³² prophesied.⁴³⁹⁵

7  And¹¹⁶¹ all³⁹⁵⁶ the men⁴³⁵ were²²⁵⁸ about⁵⁶¹⁶ twelve.¹¹⁷⁷

8  And¹¹⁶¹ he went¹⁵²⁵ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ synagogue,⁴⁸⁶⁴ and spake boldly³⁹⁵⁵ for the space of¹⁹⁰⁹ three⁵¹⁴⁰ months,³³⁷⁶ disputing¹²⁵⁶ and²⁵³² persuading³⁹⁸² the things³⁵⁸⁸ concerning⁴⁰¹² the³⁵⁸⁸ kingdom⁹³² of God.²³¹⁶

9  But¹¹⁶¹ when⁵⁶¹³ divers⁵¹⁰⁰ were hardened,⁴⁶⁴⁵ and²⁵³² believed not,⁵⁴⁴ but spake evil²⁵⁵¹ of that way³⁵⁹⁸ before¹⁷⁹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ multitude,⁴¹²⁸ he departed⁸⁶⁸ from⁵⁷⁵ them,⁸⁴⁶ and separated⁸⁷³ the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples,³¹⁰¹ disputing¹²⁵⁶ daily^{2596 2250} in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ school⁴⁹⁸¹ of one⁵¹⁰⁰ Tyrannus.⁵¹⁸¹

10  And¹¹⁶¹ this⁵¹²⁴ continued¹⁰⁹⁶ by the space of¹⁹⁰⁹ two¹⁴¹⁷ years;²⁰⁹⁴ so that⁵⁶²⁰ all³⁹⁵⁶ they which dwelt²⁷³⁰ in Asia⁷⁷³ heard¹⁹¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus,²⁴²⁴ both⁵⁰³⁷ Jews²⁴⁵³ and²⁵³² Greeks.¹⁶⁷²

11  And⁵⁰³⁷ God²³¹⁶ wrought⁴¹⁶⁰ special^{3756 5177} miracles¹⁴¹¹ by¹²²³ the³⁵⁸⁸ hands⁵⁴⁹⁵ of Paul:³⁹⁷²

12  So that^{5620 2532} from⁵⁷⁵ his⁸⁴⁶ body⁵⁵⁵⁹ were brought²⁰¹⁸ unto¹⁹⁰⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ sick⁷⁷⁰ handkerchiefs⁴⁶⁷⁶ or²²²⁸ aprons,⁴⁶¹² and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ diseases³⁵⁵⁴ departed⁵²⁵ from⁵⁷⁵ them,⁸⁴⁶ and⁵⁰³⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ evil⁴¹⁹⁰ spirits⁴¹⁵¹ went¹⁸³¹ out of⁵⁷⁵ them.⁸⁴⁶

13  Then¹¹⁶¹ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ of⁵⁷⁵ the³⁵⁸⁸ vagabond⁴⁰²² Jews,²⁴⁵³ exorcists,¹⁸⁴⁵ took upon²⁰²¹ them to call³⁶⁸⁷ over¹⁹⁰⁹ them which had²¹⁹² evil⁴¹⁹⁰ spirits⁴¹⁵¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ name³⁶⁸⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus,²⁴²⁴ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ We adjure³⁷²⁶ you⁵²⁰⁹ by Jesus²⁴²⁴ whom³⁷³⁹ Paul³⁹⁷² preacheth.²⁷⁸⁴

14  And¹¹⁶¹ there were²²⁵⁸ seven²⁰³³ sons⁵²⁰⁷ of one Sceva,⁴⁶³⁰ a Jew,²⁴⁵³ and chief of the priests,⁷⁴⁹ which did⁴¹⁶⁰ so.⁵¹²⁴

15  And¹¹⁶¹ the³⁵⁸⁸ evil⁴¹⁹⁰ spirit⁴¹⁵¹ answered⁶¹¹ and said,²⁰³⁶ Jesus²⁴²⁴ I know,¹⁰⁹⁷ and²⁵³² Paul³⁹⁷² I know;¹⁹⁸⁷ but¹¹⁶¹ who⁵¹⁰¹ are²⁰⁷⁵ ye?⁵²¹⁰

16  And²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ man⁴⁴⁴ in¹⁷²² whom³⁷³⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ evil⁴¹⁹⁰ spirit⁴¹⁵¹ was²²⁵⁸ leaped²¹⁷⁷ on¹⁹⁰⁹ them,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² overcame²⁶³⁴ them,⁸⁴⁶ and prevailed²⁴⁸⁰ against²⁵⁹⁶ them,⁸⁴⁶ so that⁵⁶²⁰ they fled¹⁶²⁸ out of¹⁵³⁷ that¹⁵⁶⁵ house³⁶²⁴ naked¹¹³¹ and²⁵³² wounded.⁵¹³⁵

17  And¹¹⁶¹ this⁵¹²⁴ was¹⁰⁹⁶ known¹¹¹⁰ to all³⁹⁵⁶ the Jews²⁴⁵³ and²⁵³² Greeks¹⁶⁷² also⁵⁰³⁷ dwelling²⁷³⁰ at Ephesus;²¹⁸¹ and²⁵³² fear⁵⁴⁰¹ fell¹⁹⁶⁸ on¹⁹⁰⁹ them⁸⁴⁶ all,³⁹⁵⁶ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ name³⁶⁸⁶ of the³⁵⁸⁸ Lord²⁹⁶² Jesus²⁴²⁴ was magnified.³¹⁷⁰

18  And⁵⁰³⁷ many⁴¹⁸³ that believed⁴¹⁰⁰ came,²⁰⁶⁴ and confessed,¹⁸⁴³ and²⁵³² showed³¹² their⁸⁴⁸ deeds.⁴²³⁴

19  ¹¹⁶¹ Many²⁴²⁵ of them also which used⁴²³⁸ curious arts⁴⁰²¹ brought their books together,^{4851 976} and burned²⁶¹⁸ them before¹⁷⁹⁹ all³⁹⁵⁶ men: and²⁵³² they counted⁴⁸⁶⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ price⁵⁰⁹² of them,⁸⁴⁶ and²⁵³² found²¹⁴⁷ it fifty thousand^{4002 3461} pieces of silver.⁶⁹⁴

20  So³⁷⁷⁹ mightily^{2596 2904} grew⁸³⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ word³⁰⁵⁶ of God²⁹⁶² and²⁵³² prevailed.²⁴⁸⁰

21  ¹¹⁶¹ After⁵⁶¹³ these things⁵⁰²³ were ended,⁴¹³⁷ Paul³⁹⁷² purposed⁵⁰⁸⁷ in¹⁷²² the³⁵⁸⁸ spirit,⁴¹⁵¹ when he had passed through¹³³⁰ Macedonia³¹⁰⁹ and²⁵³² Achaia,⁸⁸² to go⁴¹⁹⁸ to¹⁵¹⁹ Jerusalem,²⁴¹⁹ saying,²⁰³⁶ After I³¹⁶⁵ have been¹⁰⁹⁶ there,¹⁵⁶³ I³¹⁶⁵ must¹¹⁶³ also²⁵³² see¹⁴⁹² Rome.⁴⁵¹⁶

22  So¹¹⁶¹ he sent⁶⁴⁹ into¹⁵¹⁹ Macedonia³¹⁰⁹ two¹⁴¹⁷ of them that ministered¹²⁴⁷ unto him,⁸⁴⁶ Timothy⁵⁰⁹⁵ and²⁵³² Erastus;²⁰³⁷ but he⁸⁴⁶ himself stayed¹⁹⁰⁷ in¹⁵¹⁹ Asia⁷⁷³ for a season.⁵⁵⁵⁰

23  And¹¹⁶¹ the same^{2596 1565} time²⁵⁴⁰ there arose¹⁰⁹⁶ no³⁷⁵⁶ small³⁶⁴¹ stir⁵⁰¹⁷ about⁴⁰¹² that way.³⁵⁹⁸

24  For¹⁰⁶³ a certain⁵¹⁰⁰ man named³⁶⁸⁶ Demetrius,¹²¹⁶ a silversmith,⁶⁹⁵ which made⁴¹⁶⁰ silver⁶⁹³ shrines³⁴⁸⁵ for Diana,⁷³⁵ brought³⁹³⁰ no³⁷⁵⁶ small³⁶⁴¹ gain²⁰³⁹ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ craftsmen;⁵⁰⁷⁹

25  Whom³⁷³⁹ he called together⁴⁸⁶⁷ with²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ workmen²⁰⁴⁰ of⁴⁰¹² like occupation,⁵¹⁰⁸ and said,²⁰³⁶ Sirs,⁴³⁵ ye know¹⁹⁸⁷ that³⁷⁵⁴ by¹⁵³⁷ this⁵⁰²⁶ craft²⁰³⁹ we have²⁰⁷⁶ our²²⁵⁷ wealth.²¹⁴²

26  Moreover²⁵³² ye see²³³⁴ and²⁵³² hear,¹⁹¹ that³⁷⁵⁴ not³⁷⁵⁶ alone³⁴⁴⁰ at Ephesus,²¹⁸¹ but²³⁵ almost⁴⁹⁷⁵ throughout all³⁹⁵⁶ Asia,⁷⁷³ this³⁷⁷⁸ Paul³⁹⁷² hath persuaded³⁹⁸² and turned away³¹⁷⁹ much²⁴²⁵ people,³⁷⁹³ saying³⁰⁰⁴ that³⁷⁵⁴ they be¹⁵²⁶ no³⁷⁵⁶ gods,²³¹⁶ which³⁵⁸⁸ are made¹⁰⁹⁶ with¹²²³ hands:⁵⁴⁹⁵

27  So that¹¹⁶¹ not³⁷⁵⁶ only³⁴⁴⁰ this⁵¹²⁴ our²²⁵⁴ craft³³¹³ is in danger²⁷⁹³ to be set at naught;^{2064 1519 557} but²³⁵ also²⁵³² that the³⁵⁸⁸ temple²⁴¹¹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ great³¹⁷³ goddess²²⁹⁹ Diana⁷³⁵ should be despised,^{1519 3762 3049} and¹¹⁶¹ her⁸⁴⁸ magnificence³¹⁶⁸ should³¹⁹⁵ be²⁵³² destroyed,²⁵⁰⁷ whom³⁷³⁹ all³⁶⁵⁰ Asia⁷⁷³ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ world³⁶²⁵ worshippeth.⁴⁵⁷⁶

28  And¹¹⁶¹ when they heard¹⁹¹ these sayings, they were¹⁰⁹⁶ full⁴¹³⁴ of wrath,²³⁷² and²⁵³² cried out,²⁸⁹⁶ saying,³⁰⁰⁴ Great³¹⁷³ is Diana⁷³⁵ of the Ephesians.²¹⁸⁰

29  And²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ whole³⁶⁵⁰ city⁴¹⁷² was filled⁴¹³⁰ with confusion:⁴⁷⁹⁹ and⁵⁰³⁷ having caught⁴⁸⁸⁴ Gaius¹⁰⁵⁰ and²⁵³² Aristarchus,⁷⁰⁸ men of Macedonia,³¹¹⁰ Paul's³⁹⁷² companions in travel,⁴⁸⁹⁸ they rushed³⁷²⁹ with one accord³⁶⁶¹ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ theater.²³⁰²

30  And¹¹⁶¹ when Paul³⁹⁷² would¹⁰¹⁴ have entered in¹⁵²⁵ unto¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ people,¹²¹⁸ the³⁵⁸⁸ disciples³¹⁰¹ suffered¹⁴³⁹ him⁸⁴⁶ not.³⁷⁵⁶

31  And¹¹⁶¹ certain⁵¹⁰⁰ of²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ chief of Asia,⁷⁷⁵ which were⁵⁶⁰⁷ his⁸⁴⁶ friends,⁵³⁸⁴ sent³⁹⁹² unto⁴³¹⁴ him,⁸⁴⁶ desiring³⁸⁷⁰ him that he would not³³⁶¹ adventure¹³²⁵ himself¹⁴³⁸ into¹⁵¹⁹ the³⁵⁸⁸ theater.²³⁰²

32  Some therefore cried one thing,^{243 3303 3767 2896} and some²⁴³ another:⁵¹⁰⁰ for¹⁰⁶³ the³⁵⁸⁸ assembly¹⁵⁷⁷ was²²⁵⁸ confused;⁴⁷⁹⁷ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ more part⁴¹¹⁹ knew¹⁴⁹² not³⁷⁵⁶ wherefore^{5101 1752} they were come together.⁴⁹⁰⁵

33  And¹¹⁶¹ they drew⁴²⁶⁴ Alexander²²³ out of¹⁵³⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ multitude,³⁷⁹³ the³⁵⁸⁸ Jews²⁴⁵³ putting him forward.^{4261 846} And¹¹⁶¹ Alexander²²³ beckoned²⁶⁷⁸ with the³⁵⁸⁸ hand,⁵⁴⁹⁵ and would²³⁰⁹ have made his defense⁶²⁶ unto the³⁵⁸⁸ people.¹²¹⁸

34  But¹¹⁶¹ when they knew¹⁹²¹ that³⁷⁵⁴ he was²⁰⁷⁶ a Jew,²⁴⁵³ all with one voice^{1096 5456 3391 1537 3956} about the space of^{5613 1909} two¹⁴¹⁷ hours⁵⁶¹⁰ cried out,²⁸⁹⁶ Great³¹⁷³ is Diana⁷³⁵ of the Ephesians.²¹⁸⁰

35  And¹¹⁶¹ when the³⁵⁸⁸ town clerk¹¹²² had appeased²⁶⁸⁷ the³⁵⁸⁸ people,³⁷⁹³ he said,⁵³⁴⁶ Ye men⁴³⁵ of Ephesus,^{2180 1063} what⁵¹⁰¹ man⁴⁴⁴ is²⁰⁷⁶ there that³⁷³⁹ knoweth¹⁰⁹⁷ not³⁷⁵⁶ how that the³⁵⁸⁸ city⁴¹⁷² of the Ephesians²¹⁸⁰ is⁵⁶⁰⁷ a worshiper³⁵¹¹ of the³⁵⁸⁸ great³¹⁷³ goddess²²⁹⁹ Diana,⁷³⁵ and²⁵³² of the image which fell down from Jupiter?¹³⁵⁶

36  Seeing then³⁷⁶⁷ that these things⁵¹³⁰ cannot be spoken against,^{5607 368} ye^{5209 2076} ought¹¹⁶³ to be⁵²²⁵ quiet,²⁶⁸⁷ and²⁵³² to do⁴²³⁸ nothing³³⁶⁷ rashly.⁴³¹²

37  For¹⁰⁶³ ye have brought⁷¹ hither these⁵¹²⁸ men,⁴³⁵ which are neither³⁷⁷⁷ robbers of churches,²⁴¹⁷ nor³⁷⁷⁷ yet blasphemers⁹⁸⁷ of your⁵²¹⁶ goddess.²²⁹⁹

38  Wherefore³⁷⁶⁷ if^{1487 3303} Demetrius,¹²¹⁶ and²⁵³² the³⁵⁸⁸ craftsmen⁵⁰⁷⁹ which are with⁴⁸⁶² him,⁸⁴⁶ have²¹⁹² a matter³⁰⁵⁶ against⁴³¹⁴ any man,⁵¹⁰⁰ the law is open,^{60 71} and²⁵³² there are¹⁵²⁶ deputies:⁴⁴⁶ let them implead¹⁴⁵⁸ one another.²⁴⁰

39  But¹¹⁶¹ if¹⁴⁸⁷ ye inquire¹⁹³⁴ any thing⁵¹⁰⁰ concerning⁴⁰¹² other matters,²⁰⁸⁷ it shall be determined¹⁹⁵⁶ in¹⁷²² a lawful¹⁷⁷² assembly.¹⁵⁷⁷

40  For¹⁰⁶³ we are in danger²⁷⁹³ to²⁵³² be called in question¹⁴⁵⁸ for⁴⁰¹² this day's⁴⁵⁹⁴ uproar,⁴⁷¹⁴ there being⁵²²⁵ no³³⁶⁷ cause¹⁵⁸ whereby^{4012 3739} we may¹⁴¹⁰ give⁵⁹¹ an account³⁰⁵⁶ of this⁵⁰²⁶ concourse.⁴⁹⁶³

41  And²⁵³² when he had thus⁵⁰²³ spoken,²⁰³⁶ he dismissed⁶³⁰ the³⁵⁸⁸ assembly.¹⁵⁷⁷

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1 Factum est autem cum Apollo esset Corinthi, ut Paulus peragratis superioribus partibus veniret Ephesum, et inveniret quosdam discipulos:

2 dixitque ad eos: Si Spiritum Sanctum accepistis credentes? At illi dixerunt ad eum: Sed neque si Spiritus Sanctus est, audivimus.

3 Ille vero ait: In quo ergo baptizati estis? Qui dixerunt: In Joannis baptismate.

4 Dixit autem Paulus: Joannes baptizavit baptismo pœnitentiæ populum, dicens in eum qui venturus esset post ipsum ut crederent, hoc est, in Jesum.

5 His auditis, baptizati sunt in nomine Domini Jesu.

6 Et cum imposuisset illis manus Paulus, venit Spiritus Sanctus super eos, et loquebantur linguis, et prophetabant.

7 Erant autem omnes viri fere duodecim.

8 Introgressus autem synagogam, cum fiducia loquebatur per tres menses, disputans et suadens de regno Dei.

9 Cum autem quidam indurarentur, et non crederent, maledicentes viam Domini coram multitudine, discedens ab eis, segregavit discipulos, quotidie disputans in schola tyranni cujusdam.

10 Hoc autem factum est per biennium, ita ut omnes qui habitabant in Asia audirent verbum Domini, Judæi atque gentiles.

11 Virtutesque non quaslibet faciebat Deus per manum Pauli,

12 ita ut etiam super languidos deferrentur a corpore ejus sudaria et semicinctia, et recedebant ab eis languores, et spiritus nequam egrediebantur.

13 Tentaverunt autem quidam et de circumeuntibus Judæis exorcistis invocare super eos qui habebant spiritus malos nomen Domini Jesu, dicentes: Adjuro vos per Jesum, quem Paulus prædicat.

14 Erant autem quidam Judæi, Scevæ principis sacerdotum septem filii, qui hoc faciebant.

15 Respondens autem spiritus nequam dixit eis: Jesum novi, et Paulum scio: vos autem qui estis?

16 Et insiliens in eos homo, in quo erat dæmonium pessimum, et dominatus amborum, invaluit contra eos, ita ut nudi et vulnerati effugerent de domo illa.

17 Hoc autem notum factum est omnibus Judæis, atque gentilibus qui habitabant Ephesi: et cecidit timor super omnes illos, et magnificabatur nomen Domini Jesu.

18 Multique credentium veniebant, confitentes et annuntiantes actus suos.

19 Multi autem ex eis, qui fuerant curiosa sectati, contulerunt libros, et combusserunt coram omnibus: et computatis pretiis illorum, invenerunt pecuniam denariorum quinquaginta millium.

20 Ita fortiter crescebat verbum Dei, et confirmabatur.

21 His autem expletis, proposuit Paulus in Spiritu, transita Macedonia et Achaia, ire Jerosolymam, dicens: Quoniam postquam fuero ibi, oportet me et Romam videre.

22 Mittens autem in Macedoniam duos ex ministrantibus sibi, Timotheum et Erastum, ipse remansit ad tempus in Asia.

23 Facta est autem illo tempore turbatio non minima de via Domini.

24 Demetrius enim quidam nomine, argentarius, faciens ædes argenteas Dianæ, præstabat artificibus non modicum quæstum:

25 quos convocans, et eos qui hujusmodi erant opifices, dixit: Viri, scitis quia de hoc artificio est nobis acquisitio:

26 et videtis et auditis quia non solum Ephesi, sed pene totius Asiæ, Paulus hic suadens avertit multam turbam, dicens: Quoniam non sunt dii, qui manibus fiunt.

27 Non solum autem hæc periclitabitur nobis pars in redargutionem venire, sed et magnæ Dianæ templum in nihilum reputabitur, sed et destrui incipiet majestas ejus, quam tota Asia et orbis colit.

28 His auditis, repleti sunt ira, et exclamaverunt dicentes: Magna Diana Ephesiorum.

29 Et impleta est civitas confusione, et impetum fecerunt uno animo in theatrum, rapto Gajo et Aristarcho Macedonibus, comitibus Pauli.

30 Paulo autem volente intrare in populum, non permiserunt discipuli.

31 Quidam autem et de Asiæ principibus, qui erant amici ejus, miserunt ad eum rogantes ne se daret in theatrum:

32 alii autem aliud clamabant. Erat enim ecclesia confusa: et plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent.

33 De turba autem detraxerunt Alexandrum, propellentibus eum Judæis. Alexander autem manu silentio postulato, volebat reddere rationem populo.

34 Quem ut cognoverunt Judæum esse, vox facta una est omnium, quasi per horas duas clamantium: Magna Diana Ephesiorum.

35 Et cum sedasset scriba turbas, dixit: Viri Ephesii, quis enim est hominum, qui nesciat Ephesiorum civitatem cultricem esse magnæ Dianæ, Jovisque prolis?

36 Cum ergo his contradici non possit, oportet vos sedatos esse, et nihil temere agere.

37 Adduxistis enim homines istos, neque sacrilegos, neque blasphemantes deam vestram.

38 Quod si Demetrius et qui cum eo sunt artifices, habent adversus aliquem causam, conventus forenses aguntur, et proconsules sunt: accusent invicem.

39 Si quid autem alterius rei quæritis, in legitima ecclesia poterit absolvi.

40 Nam et periclitamur argui seditionis hodiernæ, cum nullus obnoxius sit de quo possimus reddere rationem concursus istius. Et cum hæc dixisset, dimisit ecclesiam.