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Acts 19:33-37

Acts 19:33

Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

Acts 19:34

But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:35

After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from the sky?

Acts 19:36

So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.

Acts 19:37

For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.