MLV(i)
28 Now having heard this, and having become full of fury, they were crying out, saying, Great is Artemis of Ephesus.
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion and they rushed united into the theater, having seized Paul’s fellow traveling-associates, Gaius and Aristarchus, who were Macedonians.
30 Now Paul was planning to enter into the public area, but the disciples were not permitting him.
31 But some also of those from Asia, being friends to him, and having sent for him, they were pleading with him not to give himself to the theater crowd.
32 Therefore some were crying something and others another thing; for the assembly was confused, and most did not know why they had come together.
33 But they pushed Alexander forward out of the crowd with the Jews, casting him forward. Now Alexander, having beckoned with the hand, was wishing to make a defense to the public.
34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, one voice became out of them all for approximately two hours, crying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.
35 But having the composure of the crowd, the town scribe says, Men of Ephesus, for what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great goddess Artemis and of the fallen image from Zeus?
36 Therefore these things being undeniable, it is essential for you to possess composure and to do nothing rash.
37 For you have led these men here, who are neither temple looters nor are blaspheming your goddess.
38 Therefore indeed, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are together with him have an account toward anyone, lower-courts are to be led and proconsuls are here. Let them accuse one another in them.
39 But if you seek anything concerning different things, it will be interpreted in the lawful assembly.
40 For we also are in peril to be accused concerning today’s riot, no cause exists for it and concerning it, we will not be able to give account of this conspiracy.
41 And having said these things, he dismissed the assembly.