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Soοὖνsomeἄλλοιwere shoutingἔκραζονone thing and some another,ἄλλο τιforγὰρthe assemblyἡ ἐκκλησίαwasἦνin confusion,συγκεχυμένηandκαὶmost of themοἱ πλείουςdid notοὐκknowᾔδεισανwhyτίνος ἕνεκαthey had come together.συνεληλύθεισαν
Acts 19:32
Study it in the app“So some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:32, word by word
- someἄλλοιalloi
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “alloi” appears- were shoutingἔκραζονekrazon
cry out
Shout, cry out.
Where else “ekrazon” appears- the assemblyἐκκλησίαekklēsia
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsia” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- in confusionσυγκεχυμένηsynkechymenē
stir up
Agitate a crowd; be in tumult.
Where else “synkechymenē” appears- most of themπλείουςpleious
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pleious” appears- knowᾔδεισανēideisan
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “ēideisan” appears- whyἕνεκαheneka
because of
On account of, for the sake of.
Where else “heneka” appears- they had come togetherσυνεληλύθεισανsynelēlytheisan
come together
To assemble in one place.
Where else “synelēlytheisan” appears
Translation note
Here the word “assembly” is the meeting of the citizens of Ephesus, the same word that is used for the assembly of believers.
The context
31And some even of the Asiarchs, being friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater.
32 · This verse (above)
33And some from the crowd instructed Alexander, as the Jews pushed him forward; and Alexander, motioning with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the people.
To study Acts 19 in a group
1. What it says
What did those in Ephesus who practiced magic do with their books? (vv. 18-20)
2. What it means
Why did Demetrius and the silversmiths stir up a riot against Paul? What really worried them? (vv. 23-27)
3. How I live it
The people of Ephesus gave up something costly to follow what they now believed (v. 19). What would you be willing to let go of to live more truthfully?