34 [a]But when they knew that he was a Jew, there arose a shout almost for the space of two hours, of all men, crying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

35 [b]Then the town clerk when he had stayed the people, said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is it that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image, which [c]came down from Jupiter?

36 Seeing then that no man can speak against these things, ye ought to be appeased, and to do nothing rashly.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 19:34 Instead of reason, the idolaters are sufficiently contented with their own madness and outcries, and those are the greatest defenses that they have.
  2. Acts 19:35 An example of a political man who redeemeth peace and quietness with lies, which Paul would never have done.
  3. Acts 19:35 The Ephesians believed superstitiously, that the image of Diana came down from heaven to them.

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