The register — Probably the chief governor of the public games. The image which fell down from Jupiter — They believed that very image of Diana, which stood in her temple, fell down from Jupiter in heaven. Perhaps he designed to insinuate, as if falling down from Jupiter, it was not made with hands, and so was not that sort of idols which Paul had said were no gods.
Verse 35. _WHEN THE TOWN - CLERK_] ογραμματευς, Literally, the _scribe_. The Syriac has [Syriac] _reisha damedinato_, the _chief_ or _prince of the city_. The later Syriac has, _the scribe of the_ _ci...
AND WHEN THE TOWN-CLERK - ὁ γραμματέυς ho grammateus. The scribe; the secretary. This word is often used in the Bible, and is commonly translated “scribe,” and is applied to “public notaries in the...
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...
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...
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....
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...
TOWNELERK. recorder. Greek. _grammateus._ In all its other sixty-six occurances translated scribe. APPEASED. quieted. Greek. _katastello._ Only here and Acts 19:36. YE, &C. = Men, Ephesians. Compare...
_And when the townclerk_ It is not easy to find an English word which comes at all near the significance of this title. "Recorder" has been proposed, because he had charge of the city archives, and Lu...
ἈΝΘΡΏΠΩΝ with אABE. _Vulg_. ‘hominum.’ θεᾶς omitted with אABDE. Not represented in _Vulg_. 35. ΚΑΤΑΣΤΕΊΛΑΣ, _having quieted_, i.e. reduced them to such a degree of order that he could make himself he...
HEATHEN OUTBREAK AGAINST ST PAUL AND HIS TEACHING...
_A TOWN CLERK USED COMMON SENSE ACTS 19:35-41:_ Finally, a town official that had some common sense begged the mob to "be quiet, and to do nothing rashly." He suggested that if Demetrius and his worke...
ΚΑΤΑΣΤΕΊ ΛΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G2687) успокаивать, заставлять замолчать, ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΎΣ (G1122) городской служащий. Это было одно из высших должностных лиц городского правительства...
THE TOWN CLERK— The word Γραμματευς literally signifies a _scribe,_ or _secretary;_ but as this person appears to have been of some authority as well as learning, the word _chancellor,_ or _recorder,_...
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....
35-41. The rage of an excited multitude, unless it find some new fuel to keep up the flame, will naturally subside in a few hours. While it is at its height, it becomes only the more furious the more...
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 th...
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...
19:35 Artemis (c-28) Latin, 'Diana.' Ephesians, (e-9) Lit. 'says, men Ephesians.' heaven? (f-39) Or 'from Jupiter.'...
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...
THE TOWNCLERK] This important official drafted the decrees of the senate and people, and sealed them when they were passed. He presided at the lawful assemblies of the people. A WORSHIPPER] RV 'temple...
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...
AND WHEN THE TOWNCLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE... — The Greek word is the same as the “scribe” of the Gospels, and the familiar English expresses his function with adequate correctness. He was the kee...
καταστείλας : only here in N.T. and in Acts 19:36, “had quieted,” R.V., _cf._ 2Ma 4:31, 3Ma 6:1, Aquila, Psalms 64 (65):8, also in Josephus and Plutarch. ὁ γραμματεὺς : “the secretary of the city” Ram...
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...
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...
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...
(10) 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...
The town-clerk, &c. Literally, the scribe, or the recorder of the city. --- Jupiter's offspring. [2] His daughter, according to the poets. The Greek text seems to signify a statue, or figure of Diana,...
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...
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...
− 35.Luke showeth in this place that the tumult was so appeased, that yet, notwithstanding, superstition prevailed with the mad people, and the truth of God was not heard. For the town-clerk, as polit...
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...
AND WHEN THE TOWN CLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE,.... Caused them to cease their loud outcry, so as that he could be heard. This person seems to have been more than a "town clerk", as we render it; or...
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 t...
_And when the town-clerk_ Greek, ο γραμματευς, _the scribe;_ probably the proconsul's secretary, to whom the direction of the affairs of the city was committed; _had appeased the people_ So far as to...
TOWN - CLERK; a city magistrate, who presided in the senate, recorded the laws, and read in public what was to be communicated to the people. APPEASED THE PEOPLE; quieted them, so that he could be he...
AND WHEN THE TOWN CLERK 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 WORSHIPER OF THE GREAT GODDESS DIANA, AND OF THE...
The end of the riot:...
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...
AND WHEN THE CITY CLERK HAD QUIETED THE CROWD, HE SAID: " MEN OF EPHESUS, WHAT MAN IS THERE WHO DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE CITY OF THE EPHESIANS IS TEMPLE GUARDIAN OF THE GREAT GODDESS DIANA, AND OF THE _...
A WORSHIPPER: _ Gr._ the temple keeper...
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...
TOWN CLERK, or secretary, who registered their acts, and intervened in all their meetings. IS A WORSHIPPER; each country and city had their peculiar gods, which they worshipped, and took for their pat...
35-41. The rage of an excited multitude, unless it find some new fuel to keep up the flame, will naturally subside in a few hours. While it is at its height, it becomes only the more furious the more...
Acts 19:35 And G1161 clerk G1122 quieted G2687 (G5660) crowd G3793 said G5346 (G5748) Men G435 Ephesus...
‘And when the city clerk had quietened the crowd, he says, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of Artemis (Diana) the Great, and of...
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...
Acts 19:35. AND WHEN THE TOWN-CLERK HAD APPEASED THE PEOPLE. This official was a personage of great importance in these free Greek cities. He was a magistrate whose functions in some respects correspo...
THE TOWN-CLERK (ο γραμματευς). Ephesus was a free city and elected its own officers and the recorder or secretary was the chief magistrate of the city, though the proconsul of the province of Asia r...
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...
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...
AT LAST THE CITY CLERK. He ranked next to the mayor, and was sometimes "acting mayor." He is able to calm them and reason with them. OF THE SACRED ATONE. Meteorites were believed to be supernatural, a...
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 19:35 The TOWN CLERK was the chief administrative officer of the city. The SACRED STONE THAT FELL FROM THE SKY probably refers to a meteorite. Meteorites were associated with Artemis...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Timothy 4:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; Acts 14:12;...
The town - clerk. Or recorder, who had charge of the city - archives, and whose duty it was to draw up official decrees and present them to assemblies of the people. Next to the commander, he was the...
Observe here, 1. The instrument which God stirs up to stem the tide, and to stop the stream, of this hair-brained assembly; and that is, THE TOWN-CLERK, who was always present at their public meetings...