Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 19:36 - 19:36

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Acts 19:36 - 19:36


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36. ἀναντιρρήτων οὖν ὄντων τούτων, seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid. Even those who spoke against the worship as St Paul had done, could not dispute the facts just stated by the γραμματεύς about the devotion of the Ephesians to their goddess.

δέον ἐστὶν ὑμᾶς κατεσταλμένους ὑπάρχειν, ye ought to be quiet, i.e. not raising an uproar like this. See on the verb, Act 19:35, above.

καὶ μηδὲν προπετὲς πράσσειν, and to do nothing rash. προπετές describes the headstrong outrageous uproar for which there was no reason, and from which no good could come, and also their conduct in seizing two persons who were not the offenders and against whom, as it appears, they could take no proceedings.

In the LXX. the word is always used of rash talk. Cf. Pro 10:14; Pro 13:3; Sir 9:18.