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and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander -- the Jews thrusting him forward -- and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,
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and having known that he is a Jew, one voice came out of all, for about two hours, crying, `Great [is] the Artemis of the Ephesians!'
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And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, `Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?
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these things, then, not being to be gainsaid, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
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`For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess;
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if indeed, therefore, Demetrius and the artificers with him with any one have a matter, court [days] are held, and there are proconsuls; let them accuse one another.
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`And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined;
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for we are also in peril of being accused of insurrection in regard to this day, there being no occasion by which we shall be able to give an account of this concourse;'
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and these things having said, he dismissed the assembly.