Acts 19:27

“So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.”

"So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth." - Acts 19:27
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What does Acts 19:27 mean?

Acts 19:27 in the King James Version (KJV) states, "So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth." This…

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The Threat to Idolatry: A Call to True Worship

The verse from Acts 19:27 highlights a pivotal moment in the early church as Paul and his companions spread the Gospel in Ephesus, a city deeply entrenched in the worship of the goddess Diana. The context of this passage reveals not just a struggle between competing ideologies…

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A Prayer for Reverence and Restoration in the Face of Idolatry

O Gracious and Almighty Lord, As I kneel before You in humble adoration, I come with a spirit heavy-laden with concern for the state of our world, reflecting upon the words from Acts 19:27, where we hear the cry of those who feared losing their craft and the very magnificence of…

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Acts 19:27 - "So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth."
Acts 27:19 - "And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship."
Acts 27:19 On the third day we threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands.
"And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship." - Acts 27:19
Acts 17:27
Genesis 19-27
Acts 19: 11
Acts 19:11
Acts 27:26 - "Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island."
Exodus 27:19-20
Genesis 27:18-19
John 19:25-27
Acts 27:27 - "But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;"
Acts 11:27 - "¶ And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch."
John 19:25-27
John 19:26-27
Exodus 27:19-21
Acts 27:36 - "Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat."
Acts 27:14 - "But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon."
Acts 27:32 - "Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off."
Acts 27:18 - "And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;"
Acts 27:37 - "And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls."
Acts 20:27 - "For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."
Acts 26:27 - "King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest."
Acts 27:38 - "And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea."
Acts 27:31 - "Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved."
Acts 10:27 - "And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together."
Acts 19:7 - "And all the men were about twelve."
Acts 27:6 - "And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein."