Acts 19:32

ἄλλοι μὲν οὖν ἄλλο τι ἔκραζον, some therefore cried one thing and some another. As the craftsmen had not secured Paul, against whom Demetrius had directed their rage, there was no central object to arrest the general attention. Hence no settled cry was raised.

ἦν γὰρ ἡ ἐκκλησία συγκεχυμένη, for the assembly was confused. The σύγχυσις in the city (see Acts 19:29) had become intensified by the rush into the theatre.

καὶ οἱ πλείους οὐκ ᾔδεισαν κ.τ.λ., and the greater part did not know, &c. All that would be heard by many would be the shouts of the mob, from which nothing could be gathered about St Paul as the offender. Amid cries of ‘Artemis for ever’ or ‘Hurrah for Demetrius,’ little would be learnt of how the tumult had begun.