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Butδὲwhen they recognizedἐπιγνόντεςthatὅτιhe wasἐστινa Jew,Ἰουδαῖόςoneμίαvoiceφωνὴaroseἐγένετοfromἐκthem all,πάντωνcrying outκραζόντωνfor aboutὡς ἐπὶtwoδύοhours,ὥρας“GreatΜεγάληisArtemisἡ Ἄρτεμιςof the Ephesians!”Ἐφεσίων
Acts 19:34
Study it in the app“But when they recognized that he was a Jew, one voice arose from them all, crying out for about two hours, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!””
With the Greek beneath
Acts 19:34, word by word
- when they recognizedἐπιγνόντεςepignontes
recognize
To realize who someone is.
Where else “epignontes” appears- he wasἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a JewἸουδαῖόςIoudaios
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaios” appears- oneμίαmia
single
Just one, or united as one.
Where else “mia” appears- voiceφωνὴphōnē
voice
Someone's voice, or a shout.
Where else “phōnē” appears- aroseἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- crying outκραζόντωνkrazontōn
cry out
Shout, cry out.
Where else “krazontōn” appears- twoδύοdyo
two
Two.
Where else “dyo” appears- hoursὥραςhōras
hour
One of the twelve parts of the day, counted from morning.
Where else “hōras” appears- “GreatΜεγάληMegalē
greater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “Megalē” appears- ArtemisἌρτεμιςArtemis
Artemis
Artemis, a Greek goddess worshiped at Ephesus, whose temple there was famous throughout the ancient world.
Where else “Artemis” appears- of the EphesiansἘφεσίωνEphesiōn
Ephesian
Ephesian: a person from the city of Ephesus.
Where else “Ephesiōn” appears
The context
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.
34 · This verse (above)
35And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he says, “Men of Ephesus, who indeed is there among people who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the image fallen from heaven?
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?