Acts 19:35

But 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?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

34But they knowing him to be a Jew, all cried out with one voice, about two hours: Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

36Since therefore no one can gainsay this, ye ought to be tranquil, and to do nothing with precipitancy.

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Cross References

Acts 18:19And they came to Ephesus; and Paul entered the synagogue, and discoursed with the Jews.

Ephesians 2:12And ye were, at that time, without the Messiah; and were aliens from the regulations of Israel; and strangers to the covenant of the promise; and were without hope, and without God, in the world.

1 Timothy 4:2These will seduce, by a false appearance; and will utter a lie, and will be seared in their conscience;

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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