Acts 19:27-28

Context
19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute,¹ but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis² will be regarded as nothing,³ and she whom all the province of Asia⁴ and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.”⁵

19:28 When⁶ they heard⁷ this they became enraged⁸ and began to shout,⁹ “Great is Artemis¹⁰ of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:34-35

Context
19:34 But when they recognized¹¹ that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,¹² “Great is Artemis¹³ of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.¹⁴ 19:35 After the city secretary¹⁵ quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person¹⁶ is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper¹⁷ of the temple of the great Artemis¹⁸ and of her image that fell from heaven?¹⁹

[19:27] ¹tn Or “come under public criticism.” BDAG 101 s.v. ἀπελεγμός has “come into disrepute Ac 19:27.”

[19:27] ²sn 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] ³tn BDAG 597 s.v. λογίζομαι 1.b has “εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι be looked upon as nothing…Ac 19:27.”

[19:27] ⁴tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

[19:27] ⁵tn 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.”

[19:28] ⁶tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[19:28] ⁷tn Grk “And hearing.” The participle ἀκούσαντες (akousante") has been taken temporally.

[19:28] ⁸tn Grk “they became filled with rage” (an idiom). The reaction of the Ephesians here is like that of the Jews earlier, though Luke referred to “zeal” or “jealousy” in the former case (Acts 7:54).

[19:28] ⁹tn Grk “and began shouting, saying.” The imperfect verb ἔκραζον (ekrazon) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect. The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[19:28] ¹⁰sn 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.

[19:34] ¹¹tn Grk “But recognizing.” The participle ἐπιγνόντες (epignonte") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[19:34] ¹²tn Grk “[they shouted] with one voice from all of them” (an idiom).

[19:34] ¹³sn 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, 1.25 mi (2 km) northeast of the Grand Theater. Dimensions were 418 ft by 239 ft (125 m by 72 m) for the platform; the temple proper was 377 ft by 180 ft (113 m by 54 m). The roof was supported by 117 columns, each 60 ft (18 m) high by 6 ft (1.8 m) in diameter. The Emperor Justinian of Byzantium later took these columns for use in construction of the Hagia Sophia, where they still exist (in modern day Istanbul).

[19:34] ¹⁴sn They all shouted…for about two hours. The extent of the tumult shows the racial and social tensions of a cosmopolitan city like Ephesus, indicating what the Christians in such locations had to face.

[19:35] ¹⁵tn Or “clerk.” The “scribe” (γραμματεύς, grammateu") was the keeper of the city’s records.

[19:35] ¹⁶tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

[19:35] ¹⁷tn See BDAG 670 s.v. νεωκόρος. The city is described as the “warden” or “guardian” of the goddess and her temple.

[19:35] ¹⁸sn 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] ¹⁹tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).