Acts 19:34

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. We can see from the way in which the mob took fire at the sight of a Jewish speaker, that the apprehension of an attack on the Jews generally was not without grounds.

φωνή ἐγένετο μία ἐκ πάντων, all with one voice. The grammar here is disjointed. After ἐπιγνόντες we should have a verb in the plural (e.g. ἐφώνησαν). Instead of this the participle is left in suspense, and a new nominative introduced. For a participle similarly left cf. Mark 9:20.

ὡς ἐπὶ ὥρας δύο, for the space of two hours. They had found a common object to cry out against. Thus they became all of one voice. They took up the cry, first started by the craftsmen, and persisted in it with all the energy which characterizes a fanatical mob.

Chrysostom’s reflection is: παιδικὴ ὄντως ἡ διάνοια. καθάπερ φοβούμενοι μὴ σβεσθῇ τὸ σέβας αὐτῶν συνεχῶς ἐβόων.