Worsley(i)
28 Hearing this and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus two Macedonians, fellow-travellers with Paul.
30 And when Paul would have gone in unto the people, the disciples would not let him.
31 And some also of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, sent to him and desired him not to venture himself into the theatre.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another; for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together.
33 And they brought Alexander forward out of the multitude, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander beckoning with the hand, would have made a defence to the people.
34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, they all cried out with one voice, for near two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the Secretary had appeased the multitude, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the service of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 Since therefore these things are incontestible, ye ought to be quiet and composed, and to do nothing rashly.
37 For ye have brought these men hither, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your goddess.
38 If Demetrius therefore, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, the law-courts are open, and there are Roman proconsuls likewise: let them implead one another.
39 But if ye are enquiring any thing about other matters, let it be decided in a lawful assembly:
40 for we are in danger of being charged with sedition for what has happened this day, there being no cause by which we can give a reason for this concourse.
41 And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly.