Acts 19:35

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?

BSB

Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

WEB

When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

YLT

And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, ‘Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?

F.O.G Original

(35) Now quieting this crowd, a court scribe says, “Men of Ephesus! What man isn’t there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the honorary temple keeper of the great Artemis, who fell down from Zeus?

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

³⁵Finally, the city clerk quieted the crowd and said, “Men of Ephesus, what person is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great Artemis and of the sacred stone that fell from heaven?ʲ

Footnotes:

³⁵ʲ Sacred stone that fell from heaven: Likely a meteorite that was worshiped as a representation of Artemis, adding to the religious significance of Ephesus as her cult center.