Artemis of the Ephesians is the goddess whose trade Paul emptied.
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
Gods made with hands are not gods.
The name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
Artemis is the goddess of Ephesus. Demetrius the silversmith makes silver shrines of her. When the word of the Lord grows, the trade is in danger. He tells the workmen that Paul says gods made with hands are not gods. The city fills the theater and shouts for about two hours, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. The town clerk quiets them. The temple and the image fallen from heaven are the city’s boast. Paul does not debate the image in the theater. The name of the Lord Jesus has already been extolled, and the books of magic have been burned.
- Ephesus hears the word before the riot. The synagogue, the hall of Tyrannus, and the whole province of Asia are the setting.
- The shrine is a business and a worship. Demetrius names both. Wealth and the magnificence of the goddess are the one complaint.
- Baal is the same kind of rival in Israel. A local lord, a loud name, and no answer when God speaks.
The shout does not make her great. Hands made the shrines. The word emptied the trade. The letter to Ephesus later says they cannot bear evil men, and have left their first love. The goddess is not the church’s danger by the time Jesus writes. A cooled love is.
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
Gods made with hands are not gods.
The name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
- Artemis of the Ephesians is the city’s goddess in Acts 19.
- Silver shrines are the trade Paul threatens.
- The riot’s confession is a shout, not a proof.
- The town clerk says the image fell from heaven. The text does not confirm it.
- Books of magic are burned in the same city.
- Jesus’ letter to Ephesus does not name her. The lampstand warning is about love.
- The City – Ephesus, temple and trade.
- The Shrine – Silver, made by Demetrius and the workmen.
- The Shout – Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
- The Claim – An image fallen from heaven.
- The Word – Gods made with hands are not gods.
- The End of the Scene – The clerk dismisses the assembly.
- Acts 19:24-27 – “A man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen… ‘And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.’”
- Acts 19:26 – “Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.”
- Acts 19:28 – “They were enraged and were crying out, ‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’”
- Acts 19:34-35 – “For about two hours they all cried out with one voice, ‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’ … ‘Who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?’”
- Acts 19:17-20 – “The name of the Lord Jesus was extolled… A number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all… So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily.”
Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!
Paul has persuaded a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
The name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
A number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them.
The shout lasted two hours. It did not make her God. Shrines made with hands are not gods. The word prevailed.
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