Acts 19:28

ἔκραζον : “they cried continuously,” imperfect, see addition in. Μεγάλη ἡ Ἄ.: omitting ἡ we have apparently the popular cry, or rather invocation: Great Artemis! as it was actually used in the cultus the cry was not an argument against Paul's doctrine, but rather a prayer to the goddess and queen of Ephesus, and so regarded it gives a vividness and naturalness to the scene, Ramsay, Church in the Roman Empire, p. 135 ff., and “Diana,” u. s., p. 105; see, critical note.