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Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships.”
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Verse 27. In danger of being vilified, and Diana of losing her reputation. They ought to have reflected, says Saint John Chrysostom (hom. xlii) that if such a poor man, as Paul, could destroy the worship, and the majesty of this great goddess, whom, as they say, all the world adored, how much greater and worthy of adoration must the God be, by whose power Paul could do this? Witham.
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