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Acts 19:37

35 Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

36 Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.

For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

38 So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

39 But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
KJV
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
WEB
For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
ASV
For ye have brought [hither] these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
DARBY
For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
BLB
For you⁺ brought these men, neither temple plunderers nor blaspheming our goddess.
ÅB
For dere har ført hit disse mennesker, som hverken er tempelranere eller spotter deres gudinne.
OTB
Dere har brakt disse mennene hit, selv om de verken har vanhelliget templer eller talt mot vår gudinne.
B1930
For I har ført hit disse mennesker, som hverken er tempelranere eller spotter eders gudinne.

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