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Selected Verse: Acts 19:34 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ac 19:34 |
Strong Concordance |
But [1161] when they knew [1921] that [3754] he was [2076] a Jew [2453], all [3956] [1096] with [1537] one [3391] voice [5456] about [5613] the space [1909] of two [1417] hours [5610] cried out [2896], Great [3173] is Diana [735] of the Ephesians [2180]. |
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King James |
But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
But when they knew he was a Jew, all with one voice, for the space of two hours, cried out, Great is Diana, &c.--The very appearance of a Jew had the opposite effect to that intended. To prevent him obtaining a hearing, they drowned his voice in one tumultuous shout in honor of their goddess, which rose to such frantic enthusiasm as took two hours to exhaust itself. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
But when they knew - When they perceived or ascertained.
That he was a Jew - There was a general prejudice against the Jews. They were disposed to charge the whole difficulty on Jews - esteeming Christians to be but a sect of the Jews. They were, therefore, indiscriminate in their wrath, and unwilling to listen to any defense.
With one voice - Unitedly, in one continued shout and clamor.
About the space of two hours - The day, from sunrise to sunset, among the Greeks and Romans, was divided into twelve equal parts, Joh 11:9. An hour, therefore, did not differ materially from an hour with us. It is not at all improbable that the tumult would continue for so long a time, before it would be possible to allay the excitement.
Cried out ... - This they at first did to silence Alexander. The shouting, however, was continued in order to evince their attachment to Diana, as would be natural in an excited and tumultuous mob of pagan worshippers. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
With one voice cried out
The reverberations of their voices from the steep rock which formed one side of the theatre must have rendered their frenzied cries still more terrific. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
But when they knew that he was a Jew - And consequently an enemy to their worship of images; they prevented him, by crying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. |
9 Jesus [2424] answered [611], Are there [1526] not [3780] twelve [1427] hours [5610] in the day [2250]? If [1437] any man [5100] walk [4043] in [1722] the day [2250], he stumbleth [4350] not [3756], because [3754] he seeth [991] the light [5457] of this [5127] world [2889].