Acts 19:34

But they knowing him to be a Jew, all cried out with one voice, about two hours: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

In Context

33And the Jewish people who were there, brought forward one of their men, a Jew, named Alexander. And he, rising up, waved his hand, and wished to make a defence before the people.

35But the chief of the city tranquillized them, by saying: Men of Ephesus, What person is there, among men, who doth not know the city of the Ephesians to be devoted to the worship of the great Diana, and of her image that descended from heaven?

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Cross References

Acts 16:20and set them before the prefects and chiefs of the city, and said: These men disturb our city; for they are Jews,

Acts 19:28And when they heard these things they were filled with wrath; and they cried out, and said: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

Revelation 13:4And they worshipped the dragon, because he had given authority to this beast of prey, and they said, who can make war upon him?

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:22-41

The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain… Read the whole commentary →

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