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BUT WHEN THEY KNEW - When they perceived or ascertained.
THAT HE WAS A JEW - There was a general prejudice against the Jews.
They were disposed to charge the whole difficulty on Jews - esteeming
Chri...
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CHAPTER 19
_ 1. The second visit of Paul to Ephesus. The twelve disciples of John
(Acts 19:1)._
2. The Apostle's continued labors. The separation of the disciples.
The Province Asia evangelized (Act...
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TUMULT AT EPHESUS. A change of religion (for the Way, _cf. Acts 9:2_)
bears hardly on certain trades. In ch. 16 the Gospel interfered with
the trade of soothsaying; here the art of the silversmith suf...
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It happened that at this time there was a great disturbance about The
Way. A certain man called Demetrius, who was a silversmith and who
made silver shrines of Artemis, brought very considerable profi...
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IN EPHESUS (Acts 19:1-7)
Acts 19:1-41 is mainly concerned with Paul's work in Ephesus. He
stayed longer there than anywhere else, almost three years.
(i) Ephesus (G2181) was the market of Asia Minor....
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KNEW. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132.
ALL WITH ONE VOICE... OUT. Literally one voice came from (Greek. _ek)_
all crying out.
ABOUT, &C. = as it were for (Greek. _epi)_ two hours. Figure of speech
_Bat...
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_But when they knew that he was a Jew_ Better (with _Rev. Ver._),
PERCEIVED. The stamp of his nationality was on his face, and no doubt
on his dress also.
_all with one voice about the space of two ho...
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HEATHEN OUTBREAK AGAINST ST PAUL AND HIS TEACHING...
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ἘΠΙΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ with אABDEHLP. _Vulg_. seems to support _Text.
recept_.
34. ἘΠΙΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ ΔΈ, _but when they perceived_. The Jews
would everywhere be readily known, both by their features and by their
garb....
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_DEMETRIUS CAUSED A RIOT IN EPHESUS ACTS 19:21-34:_ Paul planned to go
to Macedonia, Achaia, Jerusalem, and then to also see Rome.
Christianity (That Way) is always in conflict with the evils of the
w...
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ΈΠΙΓΝΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_
ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1921) знать, признавать,
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 19:1.
КРАΖΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 19:28.
ΜΕΓΆΛΗ (G3173) великий. Э...
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DISCOURSE: 1796
HEATHENISH AND CHRISTIAN ZEAL COMPARED
Acts 19:34. _All with one voice, about the space of two hours, cried
out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!_
THE enmity of the human heart agains...
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ALEXANDER, &C.— Many writers suppose that this was Alexander the
coppersmith, who was one of the most violent judaizing Christians,
consequently one of the greatest enemies of St. Paul, and most in
fa...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
Special Study
PAUL'S POWER TO GIVE CHARISMATIC POWER
(Acts 19:1-41)
A.
There is much ambiguous, scripturally-imprecise and confusing exegesis
of Acts 19:1-7 being done today.
1....
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See notes on verse 32...
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18 Many believers still clung to their old practices, but when they
found that the Lord was greater than the demons whom they feared, they
abandoned their false arts. They gave up the scrolls which ta...
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EPHESUS
1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St.
Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23), approached
Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through Colos...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 19
PAUL IN EPHESUS, 19:1-10
V1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul was travelling. He travelled
through the *province on the higher road. He arr...
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WHEN THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS A JEW. — Better, _when they recognised.
_...
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ἐπιγνόντων : “when they recognised” by his dress and
his features, “when they perceived,” R.V. If we read
ἐπιγνόντες, see critical note, φωνὴ ἐγέν. =
“anacoluthon luculentissimum” _cf._ Mark 9:20 (Bla...
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THE LAWLESSNESS OF SELFISH GREED
Acts 19:30
The theater of Ephesus still stands, and the writer of these words has
spoken in its mighty enclosure, from the very spot where this town
clerk-the model o...
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The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached
Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He
had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in its...
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The Riot in Ephesus
While Timothy and Erastus were away, a man named Demetrius, a
silversmith who made shrines of Diana, or Artemis, began to stir
people up against Christianity. He called together th...
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(9) 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.
(9) Instead of reason, the idolaters are sufficiently contented...
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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...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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_‘GREAT IS DIANA!’_
‘Great is Diana of the Ephesians.’
Acts 19:34
The craftsmen are types of those who yield to feeling and cupidity
what should only be yielded to reason and God. Demetrius appeale...
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34._Great is Diana of the Ephesians. _This was a clamorous confession,
but without any soundness; neither did it proceed from the faith of
the heart. For whence came that great divinity of Diana whe...
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From Verse 24 of Chapter 18 to Verse 7 of Chapter 19 we have a kind of
summary of the progress made by the doctrine of Christ, and of the
power that accompanied it. Apollos knew only of the teaching o...
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BUT WHEN THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS A JEW,.... And so equally an enemy to
their idolatry, as Paul and his companions were, whether he was a
Christian or not.
ALL WITH ONE VOICE ABOUT THE SPACE OF TWO HOUR...
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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.
Ver. 34. _That he was a Jew_] The Jews were generally hated of the...
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_And they_ Namely, the artificers and workmen; _drew_ Greek,
προεβιβασαν, _thrust forward; Alexander_ Probably some
well- known Christian whom they saw in the crowd; _the Jews_ Whom he
had offended by...
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CRIED OUT; to prevent Alexander from being heard. When, by the
prevalence of truth and love, wicked men are prevented from making
money by wrong-doing, they are often filled with wrath; they sometimes...
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The effect of the speech:...
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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!
If Demetrius intended to kindle a fire, he certainly was successful...
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Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an
assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found
certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not e...
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BUT WHEN THEY FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A JEW, ALL WITH ONE VOICE CRIED
OUT FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, " GREAT _IS_ DIANA OF THE EPHESIANS! "
1. Learning he was a Jew - they did not want to listen to him.
2....
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32-41 The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are thus
careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and
are afraid of being taken for them, shall have their doom accordi...
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A JEW, and by consequence an enemy to their idolatry; and, as they
might imagine at least, a friend to St. Paul. ALL WITH ONE VOICE;
unanimity makes not the cause to be good, if it were bad at first....
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Acts 19:34 But G1161 out G1921 (G5631) that G3754 was G2076 (G5748)
Jew G2453 all G3956...
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‘But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice for
about the space of two hours cried out, “Great is Artemis (Diana) of
the Ephesians.” '
However, the sight of a Jew inflamed their fee...
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A STIRRING IN EPHESUS ON ACCOUNT OF THE NAME OF ARTEMIS (19:23-41).
In considering what follows we should note two things about its
context:
· Firstly that it introduces the final section of Acts (Ac...
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Acts 19:34. BUT WHEN THEY KNEW THAT HE WAS A JEW. The old Gentile hate
of the Jews at once flames out. His features, his foreign accent
probably, and his dress told of his nationality, and the crowd r...
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WHEN THEY PERCEIVED
(επιγνοντες). Recognizing, coming to know fully and clearly
(επι-), second aorist (ingressive) active participle of
επιγινωσκω. The masculine plural is left as nominative
absolu...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Ephesus. Disciples of John the Baptist become
Christians. Paul in the synagogue and in the school of Tyrannus.
Paul's miracles. Uproar of the silversmiths.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy S...
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Acts 19:1. _Paul came to Ephesus,_ a city of Ionia, built by the
Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the
world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now in...
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THAT THERE WAS SERIOUS TROUBLE. Things had been peaceful up to now.
Notice trouble starts from a Gentile source. MADE SILVER MODELS OF THE
TEMPLE. The temple of Artemis [Diana] was one of the wonders...
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_A certain man named Demetrius._
PAUL AND DEMETRIUS
The application of these words to present day life is a task that
might be assigned to a child. Demetrius never dies; his word is to be
heard in ev...
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_Some therefore cried one thing, and some another._
THE EXCITEMENT AT EPHESUS
I. What produced it.
1. Self-interest endangered.
2. Superstitious feelings aroused.
3. The unpopularity of the gospe...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:33 The role of the Jew ALEXANDER is unclear.
Perhaps he wished to separate the Jews from the Christians in the
crowd’s minds.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 19:23. THE WAY.—See on Acts 9:2.
Acts 19:24. DEMETRIUS.—The name has been found in an inscription,
exhumed in Ephesus and supposed (Hicks) to belong to A.D. 50–60,
recording a...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 19:1
_Country _for _coasts, _A.V.; _found _for _finding, _A.V. and T.R. THE
UPPER COUNTRY (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland
districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through which St. Paul...
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And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth [watering what
Paul had planted], Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus; and there he found certain disciples [that no dou...
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1 Kings 18:26; Acts 16:20; Acts 19:26; Acts 19:28; Matthew 6:7;...
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With one voice cried out. There reverberations of their voices from
the steep rock which formed one side of the theater must have rendered
their frenzied cries still more terrific....
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But when they knew that he was a Jew — And consequently an enemy to
their worship of images; they prevented him, by crying, Great is Diana
of the Ephesians....