# the town clerk
This refers to the town "writer" or "secretary."
# what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper ... heaven?
"every man knows that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper ... heaven."
# temple keeper
The Ephesian people maintained and guarded the temple of Artemis.
# the image which fell down from heaven
Within the temple of Artemis was an image of the goddess. It had been fashioned from a meteorite which fell from the sky. People thought that this rock had come directly from Zeus, the ruler of the Greek gods (idols).