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# Connecting Statement:
The clerk of Ephesus speaks to quiet the crowd.
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# the town clerk
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This refers to the town "writer" or "secretary."
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# what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper ... heaven?
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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/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# who does not know
The town clerk uses "not" to emphasize that all of the people knew this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
# temple keeper
The Ephesian people maintained and guarded the temple of Artemis.
# the image which fell down from heaven
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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).
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