After the Word of the Lord made
such an inroad to the people of
Ephesus, Paul decided to go to
Jerusalem and from there to Rome as
well. So, sending two of his
helpers to Macedonia, Timothy
and Erastus, he stayed in Asia.
During this time, a certain
silversmith had a lucrative trade
making idols of a certain mythical
female named Artemis, or Diana.
Because of Paul’s preaching the
gospel of the true and living God,
those who heard the Gospel of God
and believed turned to God and
away from their idols to wait for
Jesus.
This caused quite an impact on the
idol making business as their
profits began declining. Well this
caused the tradesmen to begin a
mindless uproar with shouting for
the space of two hours.
Here with the gospel is Dr.
Mitchell, on the Unchanging Word
Bible Broadcast, Acts 19:19.