en_tn_condensed/act/19/35.md

# Connecting Statement:

The clerk of Ephesus speaks to quiet the crowd.

# 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?

The clerk asked this question to assure the crowd they were right and to comfort them. Alternate translation: "every man knows that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper ... heaven." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# who does not know

The town clerk uses "not" to emphasize that all of the people knew this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])

# 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).