³⁵ And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess ^[a]Diana, and of the image which fell down from ^[b]Zeus?

¹⁰ and with all unrighteous deception among ^(A)those who perish, because they did not receive ^(B)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. ¹¹ And ^(C)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, ^(D)that they should believe the lie,

^2 (A)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience ^(B)seared with a hot iron,

¹² that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

¹² And Barnabas they called ^[a]Zeus, and Paul, ^[b]Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³ Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, ^(A)intending to sacrifice with the multitudes.

²⁶ Moreover you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that ^(A)they are not gods which are made with hands.

¹⁹ And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.