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923 B
923 B
You men of Ephesus
"you" is referring to all the men present who were from Ephesus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you)
what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from heaven?
keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from heaven?** - This is a rhetorical question used to calm the crowd. It can also be translated, "every man knows that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from heaven." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)
temple-keeper
keeper** - The Ephesian people maintained and guarded the temple of Artemis.
the image that fell down from heaven?
Within the temple of Artemis was an image of the goddess that had been fashioned from a meteorite, a rock thought to have come directly from Zeus.