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He kept many craftsmen busy. <a href="/esv/acts/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen. <a href="/bsb/acts/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen. <a href="/blb/acts/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For a certain silversmith named Demetrius, making silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen, <a href="/kjv/acts/19.htm">King James Bible</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; <a href="/nkjv/acts/19.htm">New King James Version</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small profit to the craftsmen. <a href="/nasb_/acts/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing considerable business to the craftsmen; <a href="/nasb/acts/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen; <a href="/nasb77/acts/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen; <a href="/lsb/acts/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen; <a href="/amp/acts/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis (Diana), was bringing no small profit to the craftsmen. <a href="/csb/acts/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, provided a great deal of business for the craftsmen. <a href="/hcsb/acts/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, provided a great deal of business for the craftsmen. <a href="/asv/acts/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen; <a href="/cev/acts/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A silversmith named Demetrius had a business that made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis. Those who worked for him earned a lot of money. <a href="/erv/acts/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen; <a href="/gwt/acts/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Demetrius, a silversmith, was in the business of making silver models of the temple of Artemis. His business brought a huge profit for the men who worked for him. <a href="/gnt/acts/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> A certain silversmith named Demetrius made silver models of the temple of the goddess Artemis, and his business brought a great deal of profit to the workers. <a href="/isv/acts/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> By making silver shrines of Artemis, a silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for skilled workers. <a href="/msb/acts/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen. <a href="/net/acts/19.htm">NET Bible</a> For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen. <a href="/nheb/acts/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, <a href="/wbt/acts/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain to the artificers; <a href="/wey/acts/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ. <a href="/web/acts/19.htm">World English Bible</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/acts/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the craftsmen not a little gain, <a href="/blb/acts/19.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For a certain silversmith named Demetrius, making silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen, <a href="/ylt/acts/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little, <a href="/slt/acts/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making the silver temples of Diana, furnished no little work to artificers;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/acts/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver temples for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen; <a href="/cpdv/acts/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith making silver shrines for Diana, was providing no small profit to craftsmen. <a href="/nabre/acts/19.htm">New American Bible</a> There was a silversmith named Demetrius who made miniature silver shrines of Artemis and provided no little work for the craftsmen. <a href="/nrsvce/acts/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> A man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/acts/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> There was here a silversmith named Deme’tri- us, who made silver shrines for Ar’temis, thus greatly enriching the craftsmen of his trade. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/19.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And a certain Silversmith was there whose name was Demetrius, who was making silver shrines for Artemis, and he was enriching the members of his craft with great profits.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/acts/19.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For a certain man, named Demetrius, a silversmith, by making silver shrines for Diana, furnished no little trade to the artists. <a href="/godbey/acts/19.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing no small gain to the mechanics, <a href="/haweis/acts/19.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For a person named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made little temples in silver to represent that of Diana, brought to the artificers no small gain; <a href="/mace/acts/19.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for one Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made little models of Diana's temple, and so furnish'd a deal of employment to the workmen in that trade, <a href="/wey/acts/19.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics in his employ. <a href="/worrell/acts/19.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For a certain one, Demetrius by name, a silver-smith, making silver shrines of Diana, was bringing to the artisans no small business; <a href="/worsley/acts/19.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For one Demetrius, a silver-smith, who made silver models of Diana's temple, brought no small gain to the artificers: whom he got together, <a href="/parallel/acts/19-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=6407" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/acts/19.htm">The Riot in Ephesus</a> …23About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way. 24<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">It began with</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">a</a> <a href="/greek/695.htm" title="695: argyrokopos (N-NMS) -- (lit: silver-cutter), a silversmith. From arguros and kopto; a beater of silver.">silversmith</a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onomati (N-DNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">named</a> <a href="/greek/1216.htm" title="1216: Dēmētrios (N-NMS) -- Demetrius, a silversmith of Ephesus. From Demeter; Demetrius, the name of an Ephesian and of a Christian.">Demetrius</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiōn (V-PPA-NMS) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">who made</a> <a href="/greek/693.htm" title="693: argyrous (Adj-AMP) -- Made of silver. From arguros; made of silver.">silver</a> <a href="/greek/3485.htm" title="3485: naous (N-AMP) -- A temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides. From a primary naio; a fane, shrine, temple.">shrines</a> <a href="/greek/735.htm" title="735: Artemidos (N-GFS) -- Probably from the same as artemon; prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities.">of Artemis,</a> <a href="/greek/3930.htm" title="3930: pareicheto (V-IIM-3S) -- From para and echo; to hold near, i.e. Present, afford, exhibit, furnish occasion.">bringing</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not."></a> <a href="/greek/3641.htm" title="3641: oligēn (Adj-AFS) -- Puny; especially neuter somewhat.">much</a> <a href="/greek/2039.htm" title="2039: ergasian (N-AFS) -- From ergates; occupation; by implication, profit, pains.">business</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to the</a> <a href="/greek/5079.htm" title="5079: technitais (N-DMP) -- A craftsman, artisan, architect, builder. From techne; an artisan; figuratively, a founder.">craftsmen.</a> 25Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a> All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a> For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a> After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. <a href="/exodus/32-1.htm">Exodus 32:1-4</a> Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” / So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.” / Then all the people took off their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/8-4.htm">1 Corinthians 8:4-6</a> So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. / For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords), / yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a> Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:9</a> For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God <a href="/revelation/9-20.htm">Revelation 9:20</a> Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk. <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Revelation 18:11-12</a> And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo— / cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a> Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... <a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a> The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Deuteronomy 4:28</a> And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Deuteronomy 27:15</a> ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a> They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">2 Chronicles 24:7</a> For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen;shrines.Diana.<a href="/acts/19-27.htm">Acts 19:27,28,34,35</a> 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… brought.<a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a> And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:<a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11,12</a> Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter… <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9,10</a> But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/19-35.htm">Artemis</a> <a href="/acts/19-35.htm">Ar'temis</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Artificers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-2.htm">Artisans</a> <a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Boxes</a> <a href="/acts/8-21.htm">Business</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-21.htm">Craftsmen</a> <a href="/3_john/1-12.htm">Demetrius</a> <a href="/3_john/1-12.htm">Deme'trius</a> <a href="/acts/19-35.htm">Diana</a> <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Employ</a> <a href="/acts/16-19.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/acts/19-23.htm">Great</a> <a href="/acts/17-16.htm">Images</a> <a href="/acts/19-23.htm">Little</a> <a href="/acts/18-28.htm">Making</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Mechanics</a> <a href="/acts/16-19.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Sanctuaries</a> <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Shrines</a> <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm">Silversmith</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-4.htm">Silver-Worker</a> <a href="/acts/19-23.htm">Small</a> <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Temples</a> <a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Worker</a> <a href="/luke/20-15.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/19-27.htm">Artemis</a> <a href="/acts/19-28.htm">Ar'temis</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Artificers</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Artisans</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-20.htm">Boxes</a> <a href="/acts/19-25.htm">Business</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Craftsmen</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Demetrius</a> <a href="/3_john/1-12.htm">Deme'trius</a> <a href="/acts/19-27.htm">Diana</a> <a href="/romans/6-19.htm">Employ</a> <a href="/acts/24-27.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/acts/19-27.htm">Great</a> <a href="/romans/1-23.htm">Images</a> <a href="/acts/20-12.htm">Little</a> <a href="/acts/19-33.htm">Making</a> <a href="/acts/19-38.htm">Mechanics</a> <a href="/acts/20-20.htm">Profit</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-23.htm">Sanctuaries</a> <a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Shrines</a> <a href="/acts/20-33.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Silversmith</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-4.htm">Silver-Worker</a> <a href="/acts/26-22.htm">Small</a> <a href="/acts/19-37.htm">Temples</a> <a href="/romans/16-9.htm">Worker</a> <a href="/acts/19-25.htm">Workmen</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 19</div>1. <a href="/acts/19-1.htm">The Holy Spirit is given by Paul's hands.</a> 8. <a href="/acts/19-8.htm">The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by miracles.</a> 13. <a href="/acts/19-13.htm">The Jewish exorcists,</a> 16. <a href="/acts/19-16.htm">are beaten by a man who had an evil spirit.</a> 19. <a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Conjuring books are burnt.</a> 21. <a href="/acts/19-21.htm">Demetrius, for love of gain, raises an uproar against Paul;</a> 35. <a href="/acts/19-35.htm">which is appeased by the town clerk.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The name "Demetrius" is of Greek origin, meaning "belonging to Demeter," the Greek goddess of the harvest. This name reflects the Hellenistic culture prevalent in Ephesus, a city known for its devotion to various deities. As a silversmith, Demetrius was skilled in crafting items from silver, a precious metal often associated with wealth and status. His profession indicates a level of affluence and influence within the community, as silversmiths were integral to the economy, especially in a city like Ephesus, renowned for its religious and commercial activities.who made silver shrines of Artemis The creation of "silver shrines of Artemis" highlights the religious and economic significance of the goddess Artemis in Ephesus. Artemis, known as Diana in Roman mythology, was the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and fertility. The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, attracting pilgrims and tourists from across the region. These silver shrines were likely small replicas of the temple or the goddess, serving as souvenirs or objects of worship. The production of such items underscores the deep-rooted pagan practices in Ephesus and the challenge faced by early Christians in spreading the Gospel amidst such idolatry.bringing in a great deal of business to the craftsmen This phrase emphasizes the economic impact of the religious practices centered around Artemis. The "great deal of business" suggests that the crafting of these shrines was a lucrative trade, supporting not only Demetrius but also a network of craftsmen. This economic dependency on idolatry presents a backdrop for the conflict that arises later in the chapter, as the spread of Christianity threatens the livelihood of those involved in this trade. The craftsmen's reliance on the production of idolatrous items highlights the pervasive nature of pagan worship in Ephesus and the societal challenges faced by the early church in promoting a monotheistic faith that rejected such practices.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana.--The worship of Artemis (to give the Greek name of the goddess whom the Romans identified with their Diana) had from a very early period been connected with the city of Ephesus. The first temple owed much of its magnificence to Croesus. This was burnt down, in B.C. 335, by Herostratus, who was impelled by an insane desire thus to secure an immortality of renown. Under Alexander the Great, it was rebuilt with more stateliness than ever, and was looked upon as one of the seven wonders of the world. Its porticos were adorned with paintings and sculptures by the great masters of Greek art, Phidias and Polycletus, Calliphron and Apelles. It had an establishment of priests, attendants, and boys, which reminds us of the organisation of a great cathedral or abbey in Mediaeval Europe. Provision was made for the education of the children employed in the temple services, and retiring pensions given to priests and priestesses (reminding us, in the latter instance, of the rule of <a href="/1_timothy/5-9.htm" title="Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man.">1Timothy 5:9</a>, which it may indeed have suggested) after the age of sixty. Among the former were one class known as Theologi, interpreters of the mysteries of the goddess; a name which apparently suggested the application of that title (the Divine, the Theologus) to St. John in his character as an apocalyptic seer, as seen in the superscription of the Revelation. Large gifts and bequests were made for the maintenance of its fabric and ritual, and the city conferred its highest honours upon those who thus enrolled themselves among its illustrious benefactors. Pilgrims came from all parts of the world to worship or to gaze, and carried away with them memorials in silver or bronze, generally models of the sacellum, or sanctuary, in which the image of the goddess stood, and of the image itself. That image, however, was very unlike the sculptured beauty with which Greek and Roman art loved to represent the form of Artemis, and would seem to have been the survival of an older cultus of the powers of nature, like the Phrygian worship of Cybele, modified and renamed by the Greek settlers who took the place of the original inhabitants. A four-fold many-breasted female figure, ending, below the breasts, in a square column, with mysterious symbolic ornamentation, in which bees, and ears of corn, and flowers were strangely mingled, carved in wood, black with age, and with no form or beauty, this was the centre of the adoration of that never-ceasing stream of worshippers. As we look to the more elaborate reproductions of that type in marble, of which one may be seen in the Vatican Museum, we seem to be gazing on a Hindoo idol rather than on a Greek statue. Its ugliness was, perhaps, the secret of its power. When art clothes idolatry with beauty, man feels at liberty to criticise the artist and his work, and the feeling of reverence becomes gradually weaker. The savage bows before his fetiche with a blinder homage than that which Pericles gave to the Jupiter of Phidias. The first real blow to the worship which had lasted for so many ages was given by the two years of St. Paul's work of which we read here. As by the strange irony of history, the next stroke aimed at its magnificence came from the hand of Nero, who robbed it, as he robbed the temples of Delphi, and Pergamus, and Athens, not sparing even villages, of many of its art-treasures for the adornment of his Golden House at Rome (Tacit. Ann. xv. 45). Trajan sent its richly sculptured gates as an offering to a temple at Byzantium. As the Church of Christ advanced, its worship, of course, declined. Priests and priestesses ministered in deserted shrines. When the empire became Christian, the temple of Ephesus, in common with that of Delphi, supplied materials for the church, erected by Justinian, in honour of the Divine Wisdom, which is now the Mosque of St. Sophia. When the Goths devastated Asia Minor, in the reign of Gallienus (A.D. 263), they plundered it with a reckless hand, and the work which they began was completed centuries later by the Turks. The whole city, bearing the name of Aioslouk--in which some have traced the words Hagios Theologos, as applied to St. John as the patron saint--has fallen into such decay that the very site of the temple was till within the last few years a matter of dispute among archaeologists. Mr. George Wood, however, in 1869, commenced a series of excavations which have led to the discoveries of strata corresponding to the foundations of the three temples which had been erected on the same site, enabled him to trace out the ground-plan, and brought to light many inscriptions connected with the temple, one in particular, the trust-deed, so to speak, of a large sum given for its support, from which we learn more than was known before as to its priesthood and their organisation. (See Wood's Ephesus, pp. 4-45.)The word for "shrine" is that which, though translated "temple" in <a href="/john/2-19.htm" title="Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.">John 2:19</a> (where see Note) and elsewhere, is always applied to the inner sanctuary, in which the Divine Presence was supposed to dwell, and therefore, here, to the chapel or shrine in which the statue of the goddess stood. It was to the rest of the building what the Confession and the Tribune are in Italian churches.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 24. - Of for for, A.V.; little business for small gain, A.V. Shrines of Diana, or Artemis. They were silver models of the famous temple of Diana at Ephesus, and were carried as charms on journeys and placed in people's houses to ensure to them the protection of the goddess (Meyer). These gold or silver shrines contained within them an image of Artemis (Lewin, vol. 1. p. 408), as similar ones, which have been found made of terracotta, do of Cybele (Lewin, p. 414). Repeated mention is made in Diodorus Siculus, Ammianus Marcellinus, and elsewhere, of gold or silver shrines (ναόι), which were offered to different gods as propitiatory gifts, or carried about by the owners as charms, Business; ἐργασία, here and ver. 25 (see <a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16</a>, note). <a href="/commentaries/acts/19-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[ It began with] γάρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. a τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. silversmith ἀργυροκόπος (argyrokopos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_695.htm">Strong's 695: </a> (lit: silver-cutter), a silversmith. From arguros and kopto; a beater of silver. named ὀνόματι (onomati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. Demetrius, Δημήτριος (Dēmētrios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1216.htm">Strong's 1216: </a> Demetrius, a silversmith of Ephesus. From Demeter; Demetrius, the name of an Ephesian and of a Christian. who had brought παρείχετο (pareicheto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3930.htm">Strong's 3930: </a> From para and echo; to hold near, i.e. Present, afford, exhibit, furnish occasion. much ὀλίγην (oligēn) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3641.htm">Strong's 3641: </a> Puny; especially neuter somewhat. business ἐργασίαν (ergasian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2039.htm">Strong's 2039: </a> From ergates; occupation; by implication, profit, pains. to the τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. craftsmen τεχνίταις (technitais) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5079.htm">Strong's 5079: </a> A craftsman, artisan, architect, builder. From techne; an artisan; figuratively, a founder. making ποιῶν (poiōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. silver ἀργυροῦς (argyrous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_693.htm">Strong's 693: </a> Made of silver. From arguros; made of silver. shrines ναοὺς (naous) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3485.htm">Strong's 3485: </a> A temple, a shrine, that part of the temple where God himself resides. From a primary naio; a fane, shrine, temple. of Artemis. Ἀρτέμιδος (Artemidos) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_735.htm">Strong's 735: </a> Probably from the same as artemon; prompt; Artemis, the name of a Grecian goddess borrowed by the Asiatics for one of their deities. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/acts/19-24.htm">Acts 19:24 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/acts/19-24.htm">NT Apostles: Acts 19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius (Acts of the Apostles Ac) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/acts/19-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 19:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 19:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/acts/19-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 19:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 19:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>