Acts 19:27
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And certain of the chief of Asia,.... Or the Asiarchs; these were not princes of Asia, rulers or governors of provinces,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
So that not only ... - The grounds of the charge which Demetrius made against Paul were two: first, that the business of…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The temple of the great goddess Diana - From a number of representations of the Ephesian goddess Diana, which still…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 19:21-41
I. Paul is here brought into some trouble at Ephesus, just when he is forecasting to go thence, and to cut out work for…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought This is an instance where the Rev. Ver., though more…
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