At last the city clerk quieted the crowd. “Men of Ephesus,” he said, “is there anyone alive who does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven?
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33Some of the crowd instructed Alexander, whom the Jews pushed forward, and he motioned with his hand, wanting to make a defense before the people. 34But when they realized he was a Jew, one shout went up from them all, and for about two hours they cried, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” 35At last the city clerk quieted the crowd. “Men of Ephesus,” he said, “is there anyone alive who does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from heaven? 36Since these things cannot be denied, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash. 37You have brought these men here though they have neither robbed temples nor blasphemed our goddess.
