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ENCOURAGEMENT
Josiah seems to have been a great encourager and the encouragement he gave multiplied its self farther through his officials and his kingdom.
We read about him that he encouraged the priests in the service of the LORD's temple. He encouraged the Levites to do their duties and to prepare themselves to do it. He gave the people sheep and goats for the Passover offering. Spurred on by his example, his officials contributed voluntarily to the people, priests and Levites by giving offerings for them all.
The Levites encouraged the priests by preparing for the Passover for them while the priests were still working. They also prepared for the singers and the gatekeepers who were still doing their jobs.
Let us be encouraged by this story to show some encouragement ourselves. Let us especially encourage those who are working hard in the service of the LORD, whether it be by words of encouragement, instructions, giving gifts, setting examples or serving each other. All of these are ways different people find it easiest and most effective to encourage each other. So encourage someone you know this week and spur them on to love and good deeds. Josiah seems to have been a great encourager and the encouragement he gave multiplied its self farther through his officials and his kingdom.
We read about him that he encouraged the priests in the service of the LORD's temple. He encouraged the Levites to do their duties and to prepare themselves to do it. He gave the people sheep and goats for the Passover offering. Spurred on by his example, his officials contributed voluntarily to the people, priests and Levites by giving offerings for them all.
The Levites encouraged the priests by preparing for the Passover for them while the priests were still working. They also prepared for the singers and the gatekeepers who were still doing their jobs.
Let us be encouraged by this story to show some encouragement ourselves. Let us especially encourage those who are working hard in the service of the LORD, whether it be by words of encouragement, instructions, giving gifts, setting examples or serving each other. All of these are ways different people find it easiest and most effective to encourage each other. So encourage someone you know this week and spur them on to love and good deeds.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
Just as God had said to Josiah through Huldah, the prophetess (2Chron 34:23-28), the king was removed at the age of 39 so that he wouldn't see the punishments God would bring on Judah (2Kin 22:20). Josiah was only 39 years old at his death, after reigning for 31 years (2Chron 34:1).
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
34:24 In speaking of the ‘curses’ in the book we have to conclude that the book of the law that Josiah had read was Deuteronomy – see how many times the word ‘cursed’ occurs in Deut 27 and 28.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2011 Reply to Peter
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1. Moreover Josiah <2977> kept <6213>(8799) a passover <6453> unto the LORD <3068> in Jerusalem <3389>: and they killed <7819>(8799) the passover <6453> on the fourteenth <702> <6240> day of the first <7223> month <2320>.
2. And he set <5975>(8686) the priests <3548> in their charges <4931>, and encouraged <2388>(8762) them to the service <5656> of the house <1004> of the LORD <3068>,
3. And said <559>(8799) unto the Levites <3881> that taught <995>(8688)(8675) <4000> all Israel <3478>, which were holy <6918> unto the LORD <3068>, Put <5414>(8798) the holy <6944> ark <727> in the house <1004> which Solomon <8010> the son <1121> of David <1732> king <4428> of Israel <3478> did build <1129>(8804); it shall not be a burden <4853> upon your shoulders <3802>: serve <5647>(8798) now the LORD <3068> your God <430>, and his people <5971> Israel <3478>,
4. And prepare <3559>(8685)(8675) <3559>(8734) yourselves by the houses <1004> of your fathers <1>, after your courses <4256>, according to the writing <3791> of David <1732> king <4428> of Israel <3478>, and according to the writing <4385> of Solomon <8010> his son <1121>.
5. And stand in <5975>(8798) the holy <6944> place according to the divisions <6391> of the families <1004> of the fathers <1> of your brethren <251> the people <1121> <5971>, and after the division <2515> of the families <1> <1004> of the Levites <3881>.
6. So kill <7819>(8798) the passover <6453>, and sanctify <6942>(8690) yourselves, and prepare <3559>(8685) your brethren <251>, that they may do <6213>(8800) according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> by the hand <3027> of Moses <4872>.
7. And Josiah <2977> gave <7311>(8686) to the people <1121> <5971>, of the flock <6629>, lambs <3532> and kids <1121> <5795>, all for the passover offerings <6453>, for all that were present <4672>(8737), to the number <4557> of thirty <7970> thousand <505>, and three <7969> thousand <505> bullocks <1241>: these were of the king's <4428> substance <7399>.
8. And his princes <8269> gave <7311>(8689) willingly <5071> unto the people <5971>, to the priests <3548>, and to the Levites <3881>: Hilkiah <2518> and Zechariah <2148> and Jehiel <3171>, rulers <5057> of the house <1004> of God <430>, gave <5414>(8804) unto the priests <3548> for the passover offerings <6453> two thousand <505> and six <8337> hundred <3967> small cattle, and three <7969> hundred <3967> oxen <1241>.
9. Conaniah <3562> also, and Shemaiah <8098> and Nethaneel <5417>, his brethren <251>, and Hashabiah <2811> and Jeiel <3273> and Jozabad <3107>, chief <8269> of the Levites <3881>, gave <7311>(8689) unto the Levites <3881> for passover offerings <6453> five <2568> thousand <505> small cattle, and five <2568> hundred <3967> oxen <1241>.
10. So the service <5656> was prepared <3559>(8735), and the priests <3548> stood <5975>(8799) in their place <5977>, and the Levites <3881> in their courses <4256>, according to the king's <4428> commandment <4687>.
11. And they killed <7819>(8799) the passover <6453>, and the priests <3548> sprinkled <2236>(8799) the blood from their hands <3027>, and the Levites <3881> flayed <6584>(8688) them.
12. And they removed <5493>(8686) the burnt offerings <5930>, that they might give <5414>(8800) according to the divisions <4653> of the families <1> <1004> of the people <1121> <5971>, to offer <7126>(8687) unto the LORD <3068>, as it is written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of Moses <4872>. And so did they with the oxen <1241>.
13. And they roasted <1310>(8762) the passover <6453> with fire <784> according to the ordinance <4941>: but the other holy <6944> offerings sod <1310>(8765) they in pots <5518>, and in caldrons <1731>, and in pans <6745>, and divided them speedily <7323>(8686) among all the people <1121> <5971>.
14. And afterward <310> they made ready <3559>(8689) for themselves, and for the priests <3548>: because the priests <3548> the sons <1121> of Aaron <175> were busied in offering <5927>(8687) of burnt offerings <5930> and the fat <2459> until night <3915>; therefore the Levites <3881> prepared <3559>(8689) for themselves, and for the priests <3548> the sons <1121> of Aaron <175>.
15. And the singers <7891>(8789) the sons <1121> of Asaph <623> were in their place <4612>, according to the commandment <4687> of David <1732>, and Asaph <623>, and Heman <1968>, and Jeduthun <3038> the king's <4428> seer <2374>; and the porters <7778> waited at every gate <8179>; they might not depart <5493>(8800) from their service <5656>; for their brethren <251> the Levites <3881> prepared <3559>(8689) for them.
16. So all the service <5656> of the LORD <3068> was prepared <3559>(8735) the same day <3117>, to keep <6213>(8800) the passover <6453>, and to offer <5927>(8687) burnt offerings <5930> upon the altar <4196> of the LORD <3068>, according to the commandment <4687> of king <4428> Josiah <2977>.
17. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> that were present <4672>(8737) kept <6213>(8799) the passover <6453> at that time <6256>, and the feast <2282> of unleavened bread <4682> seven <7651> days <3117>.
18. And there was no passover <6453> like <3644> to that kept <6213>(8738) in Israel <3478> from the days <3117> of Samuel <8050> the prophet <5030>; neither did <6213>(8804) all the kings <4428> of Israel <3478> keep <6213>(8804) such a passover <6453> as Josiah <2977> kept <6213>(8804), and the priests <3548>, and the Levites <3881>, and all Judah <3063> and Israel <3478> that were present <4672>(8737), and the inhabitants <3427>(8802) of Jerusalem <3389>.
19. In the eighteenth <8083> <6240> year <8141> of the reign <4438> of Josiah <2977> was this passover <6453> kept <6213>(8738).
20. After <310> all this, when Josiah <2977> had prepared <3559>(8689) the temple <1004>, Necho <5224> king <4428> of Egypt <4714> came up <5927>(8804) to fight <3898>(8736) against Carchemish <3751> by Euphrates <6578>: and Josiah <2977> went out <3318>(8799) against <7125>(8800) him.
21. But he sent <7971>(8799) ambassadors <4397> to him, saying <559>(8800), What have I to do with thee, thou king <4428> of Judah <3063>? I come not against thee this day <3117>, but against the house <1004> wherewith I have war <4421>: for God <430> commanded <559>(8804) me to make haste <926>(8763): forbear <2308>(8798) thee from meddling with God <430>, who is with me, that he destroy <7843>(8686) thee not.
22. Nevertheless Josiah <2977> would not turn <5437>(8689) his face <6440> from him, but disguised <2664>(8694) himself, that he might fight <3898>(8736) with him, and hearkened <8085>(8804) not unto the words <1697> of Necho <5224> from the mouth <6310> of God <430>, and came <935>(8799) to fight <3898>(8736) in the valley <1237> of Megiddo <4023>.
23. And the archers <3384>(8802) shot <3384>(8686) at king <4428> Josiah <2977>; and the king <4428> said <559>(8799) to his servants <5650>, Have me away <5674>(8685); for I am sore <3966> wounded <2470>(8717).
24. His servants <5650> therefore took <5674>(8686) him out of that chariot <4818>, and put <7392>(8686) him in the second <4932> chariot <7393> that he had; and they brought <3212>(8686) him to Jerusalem <3389>, and he died <4191>(8799), and was buried <6912>(8735) in one of the sepulchres <6913> of his fathers <1>. And all Judah <3063> and Jerusalem <3389> mourned <56>(8693) for Josiah <2977>.
25. And Jeremiah <3414> lamented <6969>(8787) for Josiah <2977>: and all the singing men <7891>(8802) and the singing women <7891>(8802) spake <559>(8799) of Josiah <2977> in their lamentations <7015> to this day <3117>, and made <5414>(8799) them an ordinance <2706> in Israel <3478>: and, behold, they are written <3789>(8803) in the lamentations <7015>.
26. Now the rest <3499> of the acts <1697> of Josiah <2977>, and his goodness <2617>, according to that which was written <3789>(8803) in the law <8451> of the LORD <3068>,
27. And his deeds <1697>, first <7223> and last <314>, behold, they are written <3789>(8803) in the book <5612> of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478> and Judah <3063>.
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We should not think that Hosea went and looked for a harlot to marry. Rather, like Israel, his wife became a harlot after the marriage and had to be bought (as did Israel)
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Peter
3:1 The flagons of wine associated with false worship cannot be compared with the 'wine' offered by the Lord - the bride of the Song of Solomon knew this (Song of Solomon 1:2 2:5)
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
Hosea's love for a so unworthy worthless woman was to be a picture of the love of our Heavenly Father towards His chosen people, who have looked to the gods of both their neighbours and their enemies.
John Wilson [Toronto West (Can)] Comment added in 2007 Reply to John
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1. Then said <559>(8799) the LORD <3068> unto me, Go <3212>(8798) yet, love <157>(8798) a woman <802> beloved <157>(8803) of her friend <7453>, yet an adulteress <5003>(8764), according to the love <160> of the LORD <3068> toward the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, who look <6437>(8802) to other <312> gods <430>, and love <157>(8802) flagons <809> of wine <6025>.
2. So I bought <3739>(8799) her to me for fifteen <6240> <2568> pieces of silver <3701>, and for an homer <2563> of barley <8184>, and an half homer <3963> of barley <8184>:
3. And I said <559>(8799) unto her, Thou shalt abide <3427>(8799) for me many <7227> days <3117>; thou shalt not play the harlot <2181>(8799), and thou shalt not be <1961>(8799) for another man <376>: so will I also be for thee.
4. For the children <1121> of Israel <3478> shall abide <3427>(8799) many <7227> days <3117> without a king <4428>, and without a prince <8269>, and without a sacrifice <2077>, and without an image <4676>, and without an ephod <646>, and without teraphim <8655>:
5. Afterward <310> shall the children <1121> of Israel <3478> return <7725>(8799), and seek <1245>(8765) the LORD <3068> their God <430>, and David <1732> their king <4428>; and shall fear <6342>(8804) the LORD <3068> and his goodness <2898> in the latter <319> days <3117>.
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1. <1161> After <3326> these things <5023> Paul <3972> departed <5563>(5685) from <1537> Athens <116>, and came <2064>(5627) to <1519> Corinth <2882>;
2. And <2532> found <2147>(5631) a certain <5100> Jew <2453> named <3686> Aquila <207>, born <1085> in Pontus <4193>, lately <4373> come <2064>(5756) from <575> Italy <2482>, with <2532> his <846> wife <1135> Priscilla <4252>; (because that <1223> Claudius <2804> had commanded <1299>(5760) all <3956> Jews <2453> to depart <5563>(5745) from <1537> Rome <4516>:) and came <4334>(5627) unto them <846>.
3. And <2532> because <1223> he was <1511>(5750) of the same craft <3673>, he abode <3306>(5707) with <3844> them <846>, and <2532> wrought <2038>(5711): for <1063> by their occupation <5078> they were <2258>(5713) tentmakers <4635>.
4. And <1161> he reasoned <1256>(5711) in <1722> the synagogue <4864> <2596> every <3956> sabbath <4521>, and <5037> persuaded <3982>(5707) the Jews <2453> and <2532> the Greeks <1672>.
5. And <1161> when <5613> <5037> Silas <4609> and <2532> Timotheus <5095> were come <2718>(5627) from <575> Macedonia <3109>, Paul <3972> was pressed <4912>(5712) in the spirit <4151>, and testified <1263>(5740) to the Jews <2453> that Jesus <2424> was Christ <5547>.
6. And <1161> when they opposed <498>(5734) themselves <846>, and <2532> blasphemed <987>(5723), he shook <1621>(5671) his raiment <2440>, and said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, Your <5216> blood <129> be upon <1909> your <5216> own heads <2776>; I <1473> am clean <2513>: from <575> henceforth <3568> I will go <4198>(5695) unto <1519> the Gentiles <1484>.
7. And <2532> he departed <3327>(5631) thence <1564>, and entered <2064>(5627) into <1519> a certain <5100> man's house <3614>, named <3686> Justus <2459>, one that worshipped <4576>(5740) God <2316>, whose <3739> house <3614> joined hard <4927>(5723) <2258>(5713) to the synagogue <4864>.
8. And <1161> Crispus <2921>, the chief ruler of the synagogue <752>, believed <4100>(5656) on the Lord <2962> with <4862> all <3650> his <848> house <3624>; and <2532> many <4183> of the Corinthians <2881> hearing <191>(5723) believed <4100>(5707), and <2532> were baptized <907>(5712).
9. Then <1161> spake <2036>(5627) the Lord <2962> to Paul <3972> in <1223> the night <3571> by <1722> a vision <3705>, Be <5399> <0> not <3361> afraid <5399>(5732)(5737), but <235> speak <2980>(5720), and <2532> hold <4623> <0> not <3361> thy peace <4623>(5661):
10. For <1360> I <1473> am <1510>(5748) with <3326> thee <4675>, and <2532> no man <3762> shall set on <2007>(5698) thee <4671> to hurt <2559>(5658) thee <4571>: for <1360> I <3427> have <2076>(5748) much <4183> people <2992> in <1722> this <5026> city <4172>.
11. And <5037> he continued <2523>(5656) there a year <1763> and <2532> six <1803> months <3376>, teaching <1321>(5723) the word <3056> of God <2316> among <1722> them <846>.
12. And <1161> when Gallio <1058> was the deputy <445>(5723) of Achaia <882>, the Jews <2453> made insurrection <2721>(5627) with one accord against <3661> Paul <3972>, and <2532> brought <71>(5627) him <846> to <1909> the judgment seat <968>,
13. Saying <3004>(5723), <3754> This <3778> fellow persuadeth <374>(5719) men <444> to worship <4576>(5738) God <2316> contrary <3844> to the law <3551>.
14. And <1161> when Paul <3972> was now about <3195>(5723) to open <455>(5721) his mouth <4750>, Gallio <1058> said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> the Jews <2453>, If <1487> <3303> <3767> it were <2258>(5713) a <5100> matter of wrong <92> or <2228> wicked <4190> lewdness <4467>, O <5599> ye Jews <2453>, reason <2596> <3056> would <302> that I should bear <430>(5633) with you <5216>:
15. But <1161> if <1487> it be <2076>(5748) a question <2213> of <4012> words <3056> and <2532> names <3686>, and <2532> of <2596> your <5209> law <3551>, look ye <3700>(5695) to it; for <1063> I <1473> will be <1014>(5736) <1511>(5750) no <3756> judge <2923> of such <5130> matters.
16. And <2532> he drave <556>(5656) them <846> from <575> the judgment seat <968>.
17. Then <1161> all <3956> the Greeks <1672> took <1949>(5637) Sosthenes <4988>, the chief ruler of the synagogue <752>, and beat <5180>(5707) him before <1715> the judgment seat <968>. And <2532> Gallio <1058> cared <3199>(5707) for none <3762> of those things <5130>.
18. And <1161> Paul <3972> after this tarried <4357>(5660) there yet <2089> a good <2425> while <2250>, and then took his leave <657>(5671) of the brethren <80>, and sailed thence <1602>(5707) into <1519> Syria <4947>, and <2532> with <4862> him <846> Priscilla <4252> and <2532> Aquila <207>; having shorn <2751>(5671) his head <2776> in <1722> Cenchrea <2747>: for <1063> he had <2192>(5707) a vow <2171>.
19. And <1161> he came <2658>(5656) to <1519> Ephesus <2181>, and <2548> left <2641>(5627) them there <847>: but <1161> he himself <846> entered <1525>(5631) into <1519> the synagogue <4864>, and reasoned with <1256>(5675) the Jews <2453>.
20. When <1161> they desired <2065>(5723) him to tarry <3306>(5658) longer <1909> <4119> time <5550> with <3844> them <846>, he consented <1962>(5656) not <3756>;
21. But <235> bade <657> <0> them <846> farewell <657>(5662), saying <2036>(5631), I <3165> must <1163>(5748) by all means <3843> keep <4160>(5658) this feast <1859> that cometh <2064>(5740) in <1519> Jerusalem <2414>: but <1161> I will return <344>(5692) again <3825> unto <4314> you <5209>, if God <2316> will <2309>(5723). And <2532> he sailed <321>(5681) from <575> Ephesus <2181>.
22. And <2532> when he had landed <2718>(5631) at <1519> Caesarea <2542>, and gone up <305>(5631), and <2532> saluted <782>(5666) the church <1577>, he went down <2597>(5627) to <1519> Antioch <490>.
23. And <2532> after he had spent <4160>(5660) some <5100> time <5550> there, he departed <1831>(5627), and went over <1330>(5740) all the country <5561> of Galatia <1054> and <2532> Phrygia <5435> in order <2517>, strengthening <1991>(5723) all <3956> the disciples <3101>.
24. And <1161> a certain <5100> Jew <2453> named <3686> Apollos <625>, born <1085> at Alexandria <221>, an eloquent <3052> man <435>, and mighty <5607>(5752) <1415> in <1722> the scriptures <1124>, came <2658>(5656) to <1519> Ephesus <2181>.
25. This man <3778> was <2258>(5713) instructed in <2727>(5772) the way <3598> of the Lord <2962>; and <2532> being fervent <2204>(5723) in the spirit <4151>, he spake <2980>(5707) and <2532> taught <1321>(5707) diligently <199> the things of <4012> the Lord <2962>, knowing <1987>(5740) only <3440> the baptism <908> of John <2491>.
26. And <5037> he <3778> began <756>(5662) to speak boldly <3955>(5738) in <1722> the synagogue <4864>: whom <846> when <1161> Aquila <207> and <2532> Priscilla <4252> had heard <191>(5660), they took <4355>(5639) him <846> unto them, and <2532> expounded <1620>(5639) unto him <846> the way <3598> of God <2316> more perfectly <197>.
27. And <1161> when he <846> was disposed <1014>(5740) to pass <1330>(5629) into <1519> Achaia <882>, the brethren <80> wrote <1125>(5656), exhorting <4389>(5671) the disciples <3101> to receive <588>(5664) him <846>: who <3739>, when he was come <3854>(5637), helped them <4820>(5639) much <4183> which had believed <4100>(5761) through <1223> grace <5485>:
28. For <1063> he mightily <2159> convinced <1246>(5711) the Jews <2453>, and that publickly <1219>, shewing <1925>(5723) by <1223> the scriptures <1124> that Jesus <2424> was <1511>(5750) Christ <5547>.
1. And <1161> it came to pass <1096>(5633), that, while Apollos <625> was <1511>(5750) <1722> at <1722> Corinth <2882>, Paul <3972> having passed <1330>(5631) through the upper <510> coasts <3313> came <2064>(5629) to <1519> Ephesus <2181>: and <2532> finding <2147>(5631) certain <5100> disciples <3101>,
2. He said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, <1487> Have ye received <2983>(5627) the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> since ye believed <4100>(5660)? And <1161> they said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> him <846>, <235> We have <191> <0> not so much as <3761> heard <191>(5656) whether <1487> there be any <2076>(5748) Holy <40> Ghost <4151>.
3. And <5037> he said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, Unto <1519> what <5101> then <3767> were ye baptized <907>(5681)? And <1161> they said <2036>(5627), Unto <1519> John's <2491> baptism <908>.
4. Then <1161> said <2036>(5627) Paul <3972>, John <2491> verily <3303> baptized <907>(5656) with the baptism <908> of repentance <3341>, saying <3004>(5723) unto the people <2992>, that <2443> they should believe <4100>(5661) on <1519> him which should come <2064>(5740) after <3326> him <846>, that <5123>(5748) is, on <1519> Christ <5547> Jesus <2424>.
5. When <1161> they heard <191>(5660) this, they were baptized <907>(5681) in <1519> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>.
6. And <2532> when Paul <3972> had laid <2007> <0> his hands <5495> upon <2007>(5631) them <846>, the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> came <2064>(5627) on <1909> them <846>; and <5037> they spake <2980>(5707) with tongues <1100>, and <2532> prophesied <4395>(5707).
7. And <1161> all <3956> the men <435> were <2258>(5713) about <5616> twelve <1177>.
8. And <1161> he went <1525>(5631) into <1519> the synagogue <4864>, and spake boldly <3955>(5711) for the space <1909> of three <5140> months <3376>, disputing <1256>(5740) and <2532> persuading <3982>(5723) the things concerning <4012> the kingdom <932> of God <2316>.
9. But <1161> when <5613> divers <5100> were hardened <4645>(5712), and <2532> believed not <544>(5707), but spake evil <2551>(5723) of that way <3598> before <1799> the multitude <4128>, he departed <868>(5631) from <575> them <846>, and separated <873>(5656) the disciples <3101>, disputing <1256>(5740) daily <2596> <2250> in <1722> the school <4981> of one <5100> Tyrannus <5181>.
10. And <1161> this <5124> continued <1096>(5633) by the space <1909> of two <1417> years <2094>; so <5620> that all <3956> they which dwelt in <2730>(5723) Asia <773> heard <191>(5658) the word <3056> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, both <5037> Jews <2453> and <2532> Greeks <1672>.
11. And <5037> God <2316> wrought <4160>(5707) special <3756> <5177>(5631) miracles <1411> by <1223> the hands <5495> of Paul <3972>:
12. So <2532> <5620> that from <575> his <846> body <5559> were brought <2018>(5745) unto <1909> the sick <770>(5723) handkerchiefs <4676> or <2228> aprons <4612>, and <2532> the diseases <3554> departed <525>(5745) from <575> them <846>, and <5037> the evil <4190> spirits <4151> went <1831>(5738) out of <575> them <846>.
13. Then <1161> certain <5100> of <575> the vagabond <4022>(5740) Jews <2453>, exorcists <1845>, took upon them <2021>(5656) to call <3687>(5721) over <1909> them which had <2192>(5723) evil <4190> spirits <4151> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424>, saying <3004>(5723), We adjure <3726>(5719) you <5209> by Jesus <2424> whom <3739> Paul <3972> preacheth <2784>(5719).
14. And <1161> there were <2258>(5713) seven <2033> sons <5207> of one Sceva <4630> <5100>, a Jew <2453>, and chief of the priests <749>, which did <4160>(5723) so <5124>.
15. And <1161> the evil <4190> spirit <4151> answered <611>(5679) and said <2036>(5627), Jesus <2424> I know <1097>(5719), and <2532> Paul <3972> I know <1987>(5736); but <1161> who <5101> are <2075>(5748) ye <5210>?
16. And <2532> the man <444> in <1722> whom <3739> the evil <4190> spirit <4151> was <2258>(5713) leaped <2177>(5740) on <1909> them <846>, and <2532> overcame <2634>(5660) them <846>, and prevailed <2480>(5656) against <2596> them <846>, so <5620> that they fled <1628>(5629) out of <1537> that <1565> house <3624> naked <1131> and <2532> wounded <5135>(5772).
17. And <1161> this <5124> was <1096>(5633) known <1110> to all <3956> the Jews <2453> and <5037> Greeks <1672> also <2532> dwelling <2730>(5723) at Ephesus <2181>; and <2532> fear <5401> fell <1968>(5627) on <1909> them <846> all <3956>, and <2532> the name <3686> of the Lord <2962> Jesus <2424> was magnified <3170>(5712).
18. And <5037> many <4183> that believed <4100>(5761) came <2064>(5711), and confessed <1843>(5734), and <2532> shewed <312>(5723) their <848> deeds <4234>.
19. Many <2425> of them <846> also <1161> which used <4238>(5660) curious arts <4021> brought <4851> <0> their books <976> together <4851>(5631), and burned them <2618>(5707) before <1799> all <3956> men: and <2532> they counted <4860>(5656) the price <5092> of them <846>, and <2532> found <2147>(5627) it fifty <4002> thousand <3461> pieces of silver <694>.
20. So <3779> mightily <2596> <2904> grew <837>(5707) the word <3056> of God <2962> and <2532> prevailed <2480>(5707).
21. After <1161> <5613> these things <5023> were ended <4137>(5681), Paul <3972> purposed <5087>(5639) in <1722> the spirit <4151>, when he had passed through <1330>(5631) Macedonia <3109> and <2532> Achaia <882>, to go <4198>(5738) to <1519> Jerusalem <2419>, saying <2036>(5631), After <3754> <3326> I <3165> have been <1096>(5635) there <1563>, I <3165> must <1163>(5748) also <2532> see <1492>(5629) Rome <4516>.
22. So <1161> he sent <649>(5660) into <1519> Macedonia <3109> two <1417> of them that ministered <1247>(5723) unto him <846>, Timotheus <5095> and <2532> Erastus <2037>; but he himself <846> stayed <1907>(5627) in <1519> Asia <773> for a season <5550>.
23. And <1161> <2596> the same <1565> time <2540> there arose <1096>(5633) no <3756> small <3641> stir <5017> about <4012> that way <3598>.
24. For <1063> a certain <5100> man named <3686> Demetrius <1216>, a silversmith <695>, which made <4160>(5723) silver <693> shrines <3485> for Diana <735>, brought <3930>(5710) no <3756> small <3641> gain <2039> unto the craftsmen <5079>;
25. Whom <3739> he called together <4867>(5660) with the workmen <2040> of <4012> like occupation <5108>, and <2532> said <2036>(5627), Sirs <435>, ye know <1987>(5736) that <3754> by <1537> this <5026> craft <2039> we have <2076>(5748) our <2257> wealth <2142>.
26. Moreover <2532> ye see <2334>(5719) and <2532> hear <191>(5719), that <3754> not <3756> alone <3440> at Ephesus <2181>, but <235> almost <4975> throughout all <3956> Asia <773>, this <3778> Paul <3972> hath persuaded <3982>(5660) and turned away <3179>(5656) much <2425> people <3793>, saying <3004>(5723) that <3754> they be <1526>(5748) no <3756> gods <2316>, which <3588> are made <1096>(5740) with <1223> hands <5495>:
27. So <1161> that not <3756> only <3440> this <5124> our <2254> craft <3313> is in danger <2793>(5719) to be set <2064>(5629) at <1519> nought <557>; but <235> also <2532> that the temple <2411> of the great <3173> goddess <2299> Diana <735> should be despised <1519> <3762> <3049>(5683), and <1161> <2532> her <846> magnificence <3168> should <3195>(5721) be destroyed <2507>(5745), whom <3739> all <3650> Asia <773> and <2532> the world <3625> worshippeth <4576>(5736).
28. And <1161> when they heard <191>(5660) these sayings, they were <1096>(5637) full <4134> of wrath <2372>, and <2532> cried out <2896>(5707), saying <3004>(5723), Great <3173> is Diana <735> of the Ephesians <2180>.
29. And <2532> the whole <3650> city <4172> was filled <4130>(5681) with confusion <4799>: and <5037> having caught <4884>(5660) Gaius <1050> and <2532> Aristarchus <708>, men of Macedonia <3110>, Paul's <3972> companions in travel <4898>, they rushed <3729>(5656) with one accord <3661> into <1519> the theatre <2302>.
30. And <1161> when <1014> <0> Paul <3972> would <1014>(5740) have entered <1525>(5629) in <1519> unto the people <1218>, the disciples <3101> suffered <1439>(5707) him <846> not <3756>.
31. And <1161> <2532> certain <5100> of the chief of Asia <775>, which were <5607>(5752) his <846> friends <5384>, sent <3992>(5660) unto <4314> him <846>, desiring <3870>(5707) him that he would <1325> <0> not <3361> adventure <1325>(5629) himself <1438> into <1519> the theatre <2302>.
32. Some <243> therefore <3767> <3303> cried <2896>(5707) one thing <5100>, and some another <243>: for <1063> the assembly <1577> was <2258>(5713) confused <4797>(5772); and <2532> the more part <4119> knew <1492>(5715) not <3756> wherefore <5101> <1752> they were come together <4905>(5715).
33. And <1161> they drew <4264>(5656) Alexander <223> out of <1537> the multitude <3793>, the Jews <2453> putting <4261> <0> him <846> forward <4261>(5660)(5625) <4261>(5723). And <1161> Alexander <223> beckoned <2678>(5660) with the hand <5495>, and would <2309>(5707) have made his defence <626>(5738) unto the people <1218>.
34. But <1161> when they knew <1921>(5631) that <3754> he was <2076>(5748) a Jew <2453>, all <3956> <1096>(5633) with <1537> one <3391> voice <5456> about <5613> the space <1909> of two <1417> hours <5610> cried out <2896>(5723), Great <3173> is Diana <735> of the Ephesians <2180>.
35. And <1161> when the townclerk <1122> had appeased <2687>(5660) the people <3793>, he said <5346>(5748), Ye men <435> of Ephesus <2180>, what <5101> <1063> man <444> is there <2076>(5748) that <3739> knoweth <1097>(5719) not <3756> how that the city <4172> of the Ephesians <2180> is <5607>(5752) a worshipper <3511> of the great <3173> goddess <2299> Diana <735>, and <2532> of the image which fell down from Jupiter <1356>?
36. Seeing <5607>(5752) then <3767> that these things <5130> cannot be spoken against <368>, ye <5209> ought <1163>(5752) <2076>(5748) to be <5225>(5721) quiet <2687>(5772), and <2532> to do <4238>(5721) nothing <3367> rashly <4312>.
37. For <1063> ye have brought hither <71>(5627) these <5128> men <435>, which are neither <3777> robbers of churches <2417>, nor yet <3777> blasphemers <987>(5723) of your <5216> goddess <2299>.
38. Wherefore <3303> <3767> if <1487> Demetrius <1216>, and <2532> the craftsmen <5079> which are with <4862> him <846>, have <2192>(5719) a matter <3056> against <4314> any man <5100>, the law <60> is open <71>(5743), and <2532> there are <1526>(5748) deputies <446>: let them implead <1458>(5720) one another <240>.
39. But <1161> if <1487> ye enquire <1934>(5719) any thing <5100> concerning <4012> other matters <2087>, it shall be determined <1956>(5701) in <1722> a lawful <1772> assembly <1577>.
40. For <1063> <2532> we are in danger <2793>(5719) to be called in question <1458>(5745) for <4012> this day's <4594> uproar <4714>, there being <5225>(5723) no <3367> cause <158> whereby <4012> <3739> we may <1410>(5695) give <591>(5629) an account <3056> of this <5026> concourse <4963>.
41. And <2532> when he had <2036> <0> thus <5023> spoken <2036>(5631), he dismissed <630>(5656) the assembly <1577>.