Acts 19:35

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 23:18

23:18 So the centurion ⁶  took him and brought him to the commanding officer ⁷  and said, “The prisoner Paul called ⁸  me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”

[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”).

[23:18]  ⁶ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the centurion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[23:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 10.

[23:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “calling.” The participle προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesameno") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.