使徒の働き 19:36 JCB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 19:35-41

Acts 19:35-41. And when the town-clerk Greek, ο γραμματευς , the scribe; probably the proconsul’s secretary, to whom the direction of the affairs of the city was committed; had appeased the people So far as to produce a degree of silence, the rioters, by their violent outcries so long continued, having spent their rage; he said, What man is there in the world, that has any intelligence of things at all, that knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper Greek,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 19:23-41

A riot in Ephesus (19:23-41)Paul preached and taught in Ephesus for almost three years (see 20:31), and many people became Christians. Ephesus was considered to be the home of the goddess Artemis (or Diana), and the citizens of Ephesus were the honoured guardians of the magnificent temple of Artemis in their city. With so many people turning from the worship of Artemis, the temple was losing its popularity. Furthermore, local silversmiths who made small images and household shrines of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 19:36

cannot be spoken against = are indisputable. Greek. anantirrhetos. Only here. The adverb in Acts 10:29 . ye ought to = it is needful that ye should. be . Greek. huparcho. See note on Luke 9:48 . quiet = calmed or appeased, as in Acts 19:33 . nothing . Greek. medeis. rashly = rash, or headstrong. Greek. propetes. Only here and 2 Timothy 3:4 (heady). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Acts 19:36

Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and, to do nothing rash.Having procured their attention by a few well-chosen remarks, the town-clerk proceeded to call for order, pointing out that such an outburst could cause the city to lose some of its privileges. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 19:36

36. Seeing that these things cannot be spoken against, &c.—Like a true legal man, he urges that such was notoriously the constitution and fixed character of the city, with which its very existence was all but bound up. Did they suppose that all this was going to be overturned by a set of itinerant orators? Ridiculous! What did they mean, then, by raising such a stir? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:23-41

The riot in Ephesus 19:23-41This incident reveals more about the effects of the gospel on Ephesian society and religion (cf. Acts 19:13-20)."Luke’s purpose in presenting this vignette is clearly apologetic, in line with his argument for the religio licita status of Christianity (cf. Panel 5 [Acts 16:6 to Acts 19:20]) and in anticipation of the themes stressed in Paul’s speeches of defense (Panel 6, esp. chs. 22-26). Politically, Luke’s report of the friendliness of the Asiarchs (’officials of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 19:35-36

The "townclerk" (Gr. ho grammateus) was the equivalent of a modern mayor, the locally elected executive official most responsible for what took place in the city. Consequently he was eager to end this demonstration. He made four points in his address to the assembly. First, there was no danger whatsoever that people would conclude that Artemis was a goddess made with hands since everyone knew the image of her in her famous temple had fallen from heaven. "Do nothing rash" is still good advice.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 19:1-41

Ephesus1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through Colossæ and Laodicea (see Colossians 2:1), but through the northern and more mountainous route leading down the Cayster valley (see Acts 19:1, ’the upper coasts,’ RV ’the upper country’). He stayed at Ephesus over two years and three months, see Acts 19:8, Acts 19:10, Acts 19:22 (in Acts 20:31 the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Acts 19:36

(36) Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against . . .—The language of the town-clerk has the ring of an official acceptance of the established cultus rather than of any strong personal devotion. Such language has often been heard from the defenders of institutions which were almost on the verge of ruin.Ye ought to be quiet.—The verb is the same as that of the transitive “appeased” in Acts 19:35. In the exhortation “to do nothing rashly” we hear the voico of a worldly prudence,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Acts 19:1-41

There Is a Holy Ghost (For Whit-Sunday) Acts 19:1-2 This singular incident is remarkable as showing that in the apostolical age, as now, there were persons and bodies of persons in possession of fragments of revealed truth, yet altogether strangers to some of its most essential features. I. Real belief in the Holy Ghost implies an habitual sense of the reality of a spiritual and super-sensuous world. If any one thing is certain about Christianity, it is that Christianity is an appeal from the... read more