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Act 19:35. Ὁ γραμματεὺς) the town-clerk.-τίς γάρ ἐστιν, for who is there, who then is there) Paul would have spoken otherwise. [But the raving (insane) multitude was unworthy of his preaching.-V. g.] However, the language of the clerk is ambiguous, and he may have spoken so, either because of (to suit) the exigency, or because he sincerely thought what he said: for even in Act 19:37 he says, Your goddess, not, Our goddess.-Ἐφεσίων, of the Ephesians) By the repetition of the proper name, their celebrity is signified.-νεωκόρον) The Perinthians were νεωκόροι (worshippers, temple-worshippers) of Hercules; other peoples were worshippers of other gods; the Ephesians, of Diana. See J. H. A. Seelen Medit. Exeget., p. 523.-οὖσαν, is) At that very time the Ephesians were priding themselves on that distinction. See Gregory’s Observ., ch. 10. There was therefore a great conflux of men to the sacred games to her in that city.-Διοπετοῦς) They had supposed the image of Diana to have fallen down from heaven, from Jupiter.