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Act 19:27. Ἡμῖν, for us) The dative of profit or loss.-ἀλλὰ καὶ, but also) An effective speech, which is whetted by personal interest and by superstition.-μεγάλης, of the great) A solemn and customary epithet of Diana. Hence presently, μεγαλειότητα, her magnificence, or majesty; comp. Act 19:28; Act 19:34-35. Hiller’s Onom., pp. 795, 634, 625, shows that also the names Ἄρτεμις and Diana denote greatness.-εἰς οὐδὲν λογισθῆναι) So the LXX., 1Sa 1:13, ἐλογίσατο αὐτην εἰς μεθύουσαν, he counted her as drunken.-καθαιρεῖσθαι, to he destroyed) Wretched majesty, which is thus destroyed.-αὐτῆς) her.-ὅλη, the whole) The multitude (great number) of those in error does not make error into truth.