Acts 19:35
35Having calmedκαταστείλαςthenδὲtheὁtown clerkγραμματεὺςtheτὸνcrowdὄχλονhe saysφησίν·MenἌνδρεςEphesiansἘφέσιοι,whatτίςforγάρis thereἐστινmanἀνθρώπωνwhoὃςnotοὐknowsγινώσκειtheτὴνof [the] EphesiansἘφεσίωνcityπόλινtemple-keeperνεωκόρονas beingοὖσανof theτῆςgreatμεγάληςArtemisἈρτέμιδοςandκαὶof thatτοῦfallen from the skyδιοπετοῦς;
And having calmed the crowd, the town clerk says, “Men, Ephesians, what man is there indeed who does not know the city of the Ephesians as being temple-keeper of the great Artemis and of that fallen from the sky?
Vocab difficulty
72.2
Rare words
καταστείλας
καταστέλλω
I let down, lower; I keep down, restrain, pacify.
νεωκόρον
νεωκόρος
(lit: temple-sweeper), temple-warden; an honorary title.
διοπετοῦς
διοπετής
fallen from the sky.