The Silversmiths Concern

23At that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.

24For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, was providing the craftsmen with no small business.

25After gathering them together, along with the workmen occupied with such things, he said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our prosperity.

26And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, saying that gods made by hands are not gods.

27And not only is this trade of ours in danger of coming into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and even her majesty—whom all Asia and the world worships—may be brought down.