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Acts 19:37 — King James Version← Study notes

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.


Acts 19:37Greek Interlinear

Greek · Acts 19:3712 words
GreekMeaning
ἠγάγετεēgagete
You broughtverbG71
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
ἄνδραςandras
mennounG435
τούτουςtoutous
thesedemonstrativeG3778
οὔτεoute
neitherwordG3777
ἱεροσύλουςhierosylous
temple plunderersadjectiveG2417
οὔτεoute
norwordG3777
βλασφημοῦνταςblasphēmountas
blasphemingverbG987
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
θεὸνtheon
GodnounG2316
ἡμῶνhēmōn
IpronounG1473
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Acts 19:37

And when the town clerk had appeased the people, he said, You men of Ephesus, what man is there that knows not how that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? Acts 19:35 As if the thing were not palpable. With this saying first he extinguished their wrath. And of the Diopetes. There was another sacred object (ἱ ερὸν) that was so called. Either he means the piece of burnt earth or her image. This…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 42 on Acts
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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