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Acts 19:35

Context
19:35 After the city secretary 1  quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person 2  is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper 3  of the temple of the great Artemis 4  and of her image that fell from heaven? 5 

Acts 19:27

Context
19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, 6  but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis 7  will be regarded as nothing, 8  and she whom all the province of Asia 9  and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” 10 

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[19:35]  1 tn Or “clerk.” The “scribe” (γραμματεύς, grammateu") was the keeper of the city’s records.

[19:35]  2 tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

[19:35]  3 tn See BDAG 670 s.v. νεωκόρος. The city is described as the “warden” or “guardian” of the goddess and her temple.

[19:35]  4 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]  5 tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[19:27]  6 tn Or “come under public criticism.” BDAG 101 s.v. ἀπελεγμός has “come into disrepute Ac 19:27.”

[19:27]  7 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]  8 tn BDAG 597 s.v. λογίζομαι 1.b has “εἰς οὐθὲν λογισθῆναι be looked upon as nothingAc 19:27.”

[19:27]  9 tn Grk “Asia”; see the note on this word in v. 22.

[19:27]  10 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.”



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