And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.
And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.
And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.
And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.
And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.
And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.
And when the chief secretary had got the people quiet, he said, Men of Ephesus, is any man without knowledge that the town of Ephesus is the keeper of the holy place of the great Diana, who was sent down from Jupiter?
Men of Crete and Arabia, to all of us they are talking in our different languages, of the great works of God.
And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
For a great mass of people came after them, crying out, Away with him!
The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,
And the chief captain said, I got Roman rights for myself at a great price. And Paul said, But I had them by birth.
And it came about that while I was on my journey, coming near to Damascus, about the middle of the day, suddenly I saw a great light from heaven shining round me.
And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death
And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?
And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.
In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.
So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.
And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;
And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.
And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.
Saying, Friends, I see that this journey will be one of great damage and loss, not only to the goods and the ship, but to ourselves.
But after a little time, a very violent wind, named Euraquilo, came down from it with great force.
And as we had not seen the sun or stars for a long time, and a great storm was on us, all hope of salvation was gone.
Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.
And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
And with great power the Apostles gave witness of the coming back of the Lord Jesus from the dead; and grace was on them all.
Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.
And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.
And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.
To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.
And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.
And God-fearing men put Stephen's body in its last resting-place, making great weeping over him.
And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship;
But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:
And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, burning up its great houses.
And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.
And I will make a fire in the wall of Rabbah, burning up its great houses, with loud cries in the days of war, with a storm in the day of the great wind:
And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.
And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, burning up its great houses:
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