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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.

KJV

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

Greek NT

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.

Vulgate

and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

ASV

So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought, but also the temple of great Diana shall be reputed for nothing! Yea, and her majesty shall begin to be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Places Asia (Province)

In the original Greek

29 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεά
thea
noun · 1×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαιρέω
kathaireo
verb · 9×
κινδυνεύω
kinduneuo
verb · 4×
λογίζομαι
logizomai
verb · 40×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
μέρος
meros
noun · 42×
μεγαλειότης
megaleiotes
noun · 3×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
οἰκουμένη
oikoumene
noun · 15×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σέβομαι
sebomai
verb · 10×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπελεγμός
apelegmos
noun · 1×
Ἀσία
asia
noun · 18×
Ἄρτεμις
artemis
noun · 5×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἱερόν
ieron
noun · 72×
o
article · 19778×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸν | RP: ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος
  • Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸνSBLGNT
  • Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερὸνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἱερὸν ἈρτέμιδοςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τε | WH/Treg/NIV: τε | RP: δὲ
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῆς μεγαλειότητος | WH/Treg/NIV: τῆς μεγαλειότητος | RP: τὴν μεγαλειότητα
  • τῆς μεγαλειότητοςSBLGNT
  • τῆς μεγαλειότητοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τὴν μεγαλειότηταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:5 — Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
  • Acts 19:24 — For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
  • Hos 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is d
  • Zeph 2:11 — The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.