ACTS 19:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.”
But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted for about two hours: 'Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!' — Anti-Jewish sentiment overrides Alexander's attempted speech; the crowd redirects to Artemis invocation. Two hours of chanting marks cultic fervor's intoxicating power.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:32
And certain of the Asiarchs, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre Acts 19:31 to a disorderly populace and tumult. And Paul complies, for he was not vainglorious, nor ambitious. Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused. Such is the nature of the multitude: it recklessly follows, like fire when it has fallen upon fuel; and the more part knew not wherefore they had come…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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