25. These he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we get our prosperity,
26. and you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this man Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd by saying that the gods made by hands are not gods.
27. So not only is there a danger this line of business of ours will come into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing—and she is about to be brought down even from her grandeur, she whom the whole of Asia and the entire world worship!”
28. And when they heard this and became full of rage, they began to shout, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”