The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.

And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the crowd and laid hands on him,

because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me.

Indeed, under the law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.