Demetrius, one of the silversmiths, summed up their fears, saying: “The danger exists not only that this occupation of ours will come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be esteemed as nothing and even her magnificence which the whole district of Asia and the inhabited earth worships is about to be brought down to nothing. ” ​ — Acts 19: 27.
ვერცხლის მჭედლებმა დაინახეს, რომ მათ შემოსავალს საფრთხე ემუქრებოდა, ამიტომ ხალხი წააქეზეს, პავლეს ქადაგებას შეწინააღმდეგებოდნენ.