When they heard this, they became very angry. They began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

众人听见，就怒气填胸，喊着说：“大哉，以弗所人的亚底米啊！”

众人听见，就怒气冲冲，喊着说：“大哉，以弗所人的亚底米！”

众人听见，就怒气冲冲，喊着说：“大哉，以弗所人的亚底米！”

众人听后，怒气填胸，高声喊叫：“以弗所人的亚底米女神真伟大！”

他们听了，怒气冲冲喊着说：“以弗所人的女神，伟大的亚底米啊！”

众人听了，就满腔怒火，喊叫说：“以弗所人伟大的阿蒂米丝！”

眾人聽見，就怒氣填胸，喊着說：「大哉，以弗所人的亞底米啊！」

眾人聽見，就怒氣沖沖，喊着說：「大哉，以弗所人的亞底米！」

眾人聽見，就怒氣沖沖，喊着說：「大哉，以弗所人的亞底米！」

眾人聽後，怒氣填胸，高聲喊叫：「以弗所人的亞底米女神真偉大！」

他們聽了，怒氣沖沖喊著說：“以弗所人的女神，偉大的亞底米啊！”

他們聽見，就滿心暴怒，喊着說：『偉大呀，以弗所人的亞底米！』

眾人聽了，就滿腔怒火，喊叫說：「以弗所人偉大的阿蒂米絲！」

眾聞之、怒甚、呼曰、大哉、以弗所人之亞底米也、

眾聞此、怒甚、呼曰、大哉、以弗所人之亞氐米也、

眾聞此大怒、呼曰、大哉以弗所人之亞底米也、

眾聞之、憤甚、咆哮曰：『大哉依法所人之諦雅納！』

When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting:“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

At this their anger boiled, and they began shouting,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began shouting, saying,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Now when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying,“ Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”

And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

When they had heard this, they were filled with rage and began to cry out,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

And when they heard[ these sayings], they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great[ is] Diana of the Ephesians.

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

When they heard this they were filled with anger, and cried out, saying,“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

People worshiped the dragon, because he had given authority to the beast. They also worshiped the beast. They asked,“ Who is like the beast? Who can make war against it?”

The kings of the earth rise up against the Lord. The rulers of the earth join together against his anointed king.

“ Fellow Israelites, help us!” they shouted.“ This is the man who teaches everyone in all places against our people. He speaks against our law and against this holy place. Besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple. He has made this holy place‘ unclean.’ ”They said this because they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul. They thought Paul had brought him into the temple.The whole city was stirred up. People came running from all directions. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Right away the temple gates were shut.The people were trying to kill Paul. But news reached the commander of the Roman troops. He heard that people were making trouble in the whole city of Jerusalem.

The people on the islands have seen that king coming. And it has made them afraid. People tremble with fear from one end of the earth to the other. They come and gather together.They help one another. They say to one another,“ Be strong!”One skilled worker makes a statue of a god. Another covers it with gold. The first worker says to the second,“ You have done a good job.” Another worker smooths out the metal with a hammer. Still another gives the statue its final shape. The one who hammers says to the one who shapes,“ You have done a good job.” Then they nail the statue down so it won’t fall over.

They have only one purpose. So they will give their power and authority to the beast.

Her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone. So they grabbed Paul and Silas. They dragged them into the market place to face the authorities.They brought them to the judges.“ These men are Jews,” her owners said.“ They are making trouble in our city.They are suggesting practices that are against Roman law. These are practices we can’t accept or take part in.”The crowd joined the attack against Paul and Silas. The judges ordered that Paul and Silas be stripped and beaten with rods.They were whipped without mercy. Then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.When he received these orders, he put Paul and Silas deep inside the prison. He fastened their feet so they couldn’t get away.

There will not be any rain for their rivers. So they will dry up. Those things will happen because their land is full of statues of gods. Those gods will go crazy with terror.

So they prepared the bull they had been given. They prayed to Baal from morning until noon.“ Baal! Answer us!” they shouted. But there wasn’t any reply. No one answered. Then they danced around the altar they had made.At noon Elijah began to tease them.“ Shout louder!” he said.“ I’m sure Baal is a god! Perhaps he has too much to think about. Or maybe he has gone to the toilet. Or perhaps he’s away on a trip. Maybe he’s sleeping. You might have to wake him up.”So they shouted louder. They cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. That’s what they usually did when things really looked hopeless.It was now past noon. The prophets of Baal continued to prophesy with all their might. They did it until the time came to offer the evening sacrifice. But there wasn’t any reply. No one answered. No one paid any attention.

So be joyful, you heavens! Be glad, all you who live there! But how terrible it will be for the earth and the sea! The devil has come down to you. He is very angry. He knows his time is short.”

But then they realized that he was a Jew. So they all shouted the same thing for about two hours.“ Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” they yelled.The city clerk quieted the crowd down.“ People of Ephesus!” he said.“ The city of Ephesus guards the temple of the great Artemis. The whole world knows this. They know that Ephesus guards her statue, which fell from heaven.

The people of Ashdod got up early the next day. They saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. So they picked up the statue of Dagon. They put it back in its place.But the following morning when they got up, they saw the statue of Dagon. There it was, lying on the ground again! It had fallen on its face in front of the ark of the Lord. Its head and hands had been broken off. Only the body of the statue was left. Its head and hands were lying in the doorway of the temple.That’s why to this day no one steps on the bottom part of the doorway of Dagon’s temple at Ashdod. Not even the priests of Dagon step there.

When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they became very angry. They were so angry they ground their teeth at Stephen.

They arrived at Ephesus. There Paul said goodbye to Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and talked with the Jews.