Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 19:34 - 19:34

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Robertson Word Pictures - Acts 19:34 - 19:34


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When they perceived (epignontes). Recognizing, coming to know fully and clearly (epi̇), second aorist (ingressive) active participle of epiginōskō. The masculine plural is left as nominative absolute or pendens without a verb. The rioters saw at once that Alexander was (estin, present tense retained in indirect assertion) a Jew by his features.

An with one voice cried out (pōhnē egeneto mia ek pantōn krazontōn). Anacoluthon or construction according to sense. Literally, “one voice arose from all crying.” Krazontōn agrees in case (ablative) with pantōn, but Aleph A have krazontes. This loose construction is not uncommon (Robertson, Grammar, pp. 436f.). Now at last the crowd became unanimous (one voice) at the sight of a hated Jew about to defend their attacks on the worship of Artemis. The unanimity lasted “about the space of two hours” (hosei epi hōras duo), “as if for two hours.” Their creed centred in this prolonged yell: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians” with which the disturbance started (Act 19:28).