Acts 19:24

19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines ¹  of Artemis, ²  brought a great deal ³  of business ⁴  to the craftsmen.

Acts 19:35

19:35 After the city secretary ⁵  quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person ⁶  is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ⁷  of the temple of the great Artemis ⁸  and of her image that fell from heaven? ⁹ 

Acts 19:27

19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, ¹⁰  but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis ¹¹  will be regarded as nothing, ¹²  and she whom all the province of Asia ¹³  and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” ¹⁴ 

[19:24]  ¹ tn BDAG 665 s.v. ναός 1.a states, “Specif. of temples: of replicas of the temple of Artemis at Ephesus 19:24…but here, near ἱερόν vs. 27…ναός can be understood in the more restricted sense shrine, where the image of the goddess stood.”

[19:24]  ² sn Artemis was the name of a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.

[19:24]  ³ tn Grk “brought not a little business” (an idiom).

[19:24]  ⁴ sn A great deal of business. The charge that Christianity brought economic and/or social upheaval was made a number of times in Acts: 16:20-21; 17:6-7; 18:13.

[19:35]  ⁵ tn Or “clerk.” The “scribe” (γραμματεύς, grammateu") was the keeper of the city’s records.

[19:35]  ⁶ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

[19:35]  ⁷ tn See BDAG 670 s.v. νεωκόρος. The city is described as the “warden” or “guardian” of the goddess and her temple.

[19:35]  ⁸ sn Artemis was a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.

[19:35]  ⁹ tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[19:27]  ⁹ tn Or “come under public criticism.” BDAG 101 s.v. ἀπελεγμός has “come into disrepute Ac 19:27.”

[19:27]  ¹⁰ sn Artemis was the name of a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.

[19:27]  ¹¹ tn BDAG 597 s.v. λογίζομαι 1.b has “εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι be looked upon as nothing…Ac 19:27.”

[19:27]  ¹² tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

[19:27]  ¹³ tn Or “her magnificence.” BDAG 488 s.v. καθαιρέω 2.b has “καθαιρεῖσθαι τῆς μεγαλειότητος αὐτῆς suffer the loss of her magnificence Ac 19:27”; L&N 13.38 has “‘and to have her greatness done away with’ Ac 19:27.”