Acts 19:32-34

Expanded Bible

³² Some people were shouting one thing, and some were shouting another. The ·meeting [assembly] was completely confused; most of them did not know why they had come together. ³³ The Jews ·pushed forward [put in front] a man named Alexander, and some of them [^Ceither the crowd or the Jews] ·told him to explain [or gave him advice on what to say; or assumed he was responsible for the trouble]. Alexander ·waved [gestured with] his hand [^Cfor silence] so he could ·explain things to [or make a defense before] the ·people [crowd]. ³⁴ But when they ·saw [recognized] that Alexander was a Jew [^CJews opposed idol worship, so the crowd was suspicious of him], they all shouted ·the same thing [in unison; ^Lwith one voice] for two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”