On these dates, November 14th, and November 15th Margo was reading in the book of Acts 19:11--20 titled "Paul Casts Out Demons in Ephesus" and in James 4:7--10 titled "Draw Near to God", and on November 15th she was reading in in Acts 19:21--41 titled "A Riot Erupts in Ephesus" and in James 4:11-12 titled "Don't Judge One Another".
Margo didn't underline any verses in the first passage in Acts. Here are the verses she underlined in in the first passage in James:
7:Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8:Come near to God and he will come near to you..."
The second passage in Acts will require a little context. Luke is writing about Paul's third missionary journey where he was preaching in Ephesus, located in modern day Turkey, on the Aegean. Ephesus housed the temple of Artemis, the Greek goddess of fertility. The Artesian temple was one of the wonders of the ancient world. There was much commercial activity dependent upon the worship of Artemis.
These are the verses Margo underlined in the second passage in Acts:
Demetrius, a silver smith who made small silver shrines of the temple and sold them in Ephesus, speaking to a mob near the temple.."26:And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all. 27:There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.
28:When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"
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