Acts 19:33-41 ▼

33 Some of the crowd concluded it was because of Alexander, since the Jews had pushed him to the front. So Alexander motioned for silence and tried to make a defense before the people.

34 But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, |Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!|

35 When the city recorder had quieted the crowd, he said, |Men of Ephesus, who in the world doesn't know that this city of Ephesus is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell down from heaven?

36 Since these things cannot be denied, you must be quiet and not do anything reckless.

37 For you have brought these men here, although they neither rob temples nor blaspheme our goddess.

38 So if Demetrius and his workers have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. They should accuse one another there.

39 But if you want anything else, it must be settled in the regular assembly,

40 because we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, and there is no good reason we can give to justify this commotion.|

41 After saying this, he dismissed the assembly.