Acts 19:35 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 19:35

Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

BSB

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ASV

And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

KJV

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

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Commentary

1 voice

Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts (550)

The scribe shows how great the superstition of the Ephesians was, both in adorning the temple of Artemis and in honoring her image, which they and the Diopetes said to be fallen from Zeus. For they all called that shell the Diopetes, sent from heaven …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The register - Probably the chief governor of the public games. The image which fell down from Jupiter - They believed that very image of Diana, which stood in her temple, fell down from Jupiter in heaven. Perhaps he designed to insinuate, as if falling down from Jupiter, it was not made with hands, and so was not that sort of idols which Paul had said were no gods.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And when the town-clerk - ὁ γραμματέυς ho grammateus. The scribe; the secretary. This word is often used in the Bible, and is commonly translated “scribe,” and is applied to “public notaries in the synagogues; to clerks; to those who transcribed books, and hence, to men skilled in the law or in any kind of learning.” Compare 2Sa 8:17; 2Ki 12:11; Ezr 7:6, Ezr 7:11-12; Mat 5:20; Mat 12:38; Mat 13:52; Mat 15:1; Mat 23:34; 1Co 1:20. It is, however, nowhere else applied to a pagan magistrate.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καταστείλας	katasteilas	having calmed	G2687 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
γραμματεὺς	grammateus	town clerk	G1122 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
ὄχλον	ochlon	crowd	G3793 →
φησίν·	phēsin	he says;	G5346 →
ἄνδρες	andres	Men	G435 →
Ἐφέσιοι,	Ephesioi	Ephesians,	G2180 →
τίς	tis	who	G5101 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	is there	G1510 →
ἀνθρώπων	anthrōpōn	of men	G444 →
ὃς	hos	who	G3739 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
γινώσκει	ginōskei	knows	G1097 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
Ἐφεσίων	Ephesiōn	of [the] Ephesians	G2180 →
πόλιν	polin	city	G4172 →
νεωκόρον	neōkoron	temple-keeper	G3511 →
οὖσαν	ousan	as being	G1510 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
μεγάλης	megalēs	great	G3173 →
Ἀρτέμιδος	Artemidos	Artemis	G735 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοῦ	tou	of that	G3588 →
διοπετοῦς;	diopetous	fallen from the sky?	G1356 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
leads to
- Galatians 4:8
  Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
- Colossians 1:21
  Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- 1 Peter 1:3
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Jeremiah 31:31–34
  Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Ephesians 4:18
  They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
Through
1 Timothy 4:2
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
leads to
- Ephesians 4:19
  Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Acts 20:30
  Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts