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Acts 19:35

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

KJV

καταστείλας δὲ ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλον φησίν, ἄνδρες Ἐφέσιοι, τίς γάρ ἐστιν ἀνθρώπων ὃς οὐ γινώσκει τὴν Ἐφεσίων πόλιν νεωκόρον οὖσαν τῆς μεγάλης Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τοῦ διοπετοῦς;

Greek NT

Et cum sedasset scriba turbas, dixit : Viri Ephesii, quis enim est hominum, qui nesciat Ephesiorum civitatem cultricem esse magnæ Dianæ, Jovisque prolis ?

Vulgate

And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

ASV

And when the town clerk had appeased the multitudes, he said: Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great Diana and of Jupiter's offspring?

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Places Ephesus

In the original Greek

21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διοπετής
diopetes
adjective · 1×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταστέλλω
katastello
verb · 2×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
νεωκόρος
neokoros
noun · 1×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
Ἄρτεμις
artemis
noun · 5×
Ἐφέσιος
ephesios
adjective · 5×
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλον | Treg/NIV/RP: ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλον | WH: τὸν ὄχλον ὁ γραμματεὺς
  • ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλονSBLGNT
  • ὁ γραμματεὺς τὸν ὄχλονTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • τὸν ὄχλον ὁ γραμματεὺςWestcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἀνθρώπων | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀνθρώπων | RP: ἄνθρωπος
  • ἀνθρώπωνSBLGNT
  • ἀνθρώπωνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἄνθρωποςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: μεγάλης | WH/Treg/NIV: μεγάλης | RP: + θεᾶς
  • μεγάληςSBLGNT
  • μεγάληςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + θεᾶςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 4:2 — Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
  • 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Acts 14:12 — And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
  • Acts 14:12 — And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
  • Acts 17:22 — Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
  • Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
  • Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
  • Job 12:9 — Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?