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Acts 19:27
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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.

Note 2 at Ac 19:27: The Temple of Diana located in Ephesus was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was three times as large as the Parthenon at Athens (see note 1 at Ac 17:15). According to Pliny the Elder, the temple measured 425 by 225 feet. It had 127 columns, each 60 feet tall, that supported a roof covered with large white marble tiles.

The interior of the temple was said to have been of surpassing beauty, and many works of art were displayed. The temple was destroyed in 260 A.D. by the Goths.

Note 3 at Ac 19:27: The goddess Diana that the Ephesians worshiped was a combination of the Semitic moon goddess, Ashtoreth, and the Greek goddess, Artemis. The image of Diana was a crude figure of a woman with her entire torso covered with many breasts. Her arms were extended, and her arms and legs were covered with the heads of animals.

It was said that this image of Diana fell to the earth from the sky (Ac 19:35), causing some speculation that the idol may have been fashioned from a meteorite. However, ancient authorities state that the image was made of wood.

The temple erected at Ephesus (see note 3 at Ac 18:19) for the worship of the goddess Diana was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (see note 2 at this verse).


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