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Acts 19:34 KJV
Acts · chapter 19 · verse 34
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.Acts 19:34 · King James Version
Acts 19:34 in context
32Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
33And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
34But 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.
35And 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?
36Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- voicephōnēa sound, a tone, of inanimate things, as musical instruments, a voice, of the sound of…G5456 →
- abouthōsas, like, even as, etcG5613 →
- spaceepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
- hourshōraa certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving…G5610 →
- Greatmegasgreat, of the external form or sensible appearance of things , in particular, of space…G3173 →
- DianaartemisDiana = " complete light flow restrained" , Artemis, that is to say the so called…G735 →
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I. Paul is here brought into some trouble at Ephesus, just when he is forecasting to go thence, and to cut out work for himself elsewhere. See here, 1. How he laid his purpose of going to other places, Act 19:21, Act 19:22.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-41