Whom he gathered together (ους συναθροισας). First aorist active participle of συναθροιζω, old verb to assemble together (αθροος, …

With the workmen of like occupation. Those who were in his employ, and all others engaged in the same business. As they would be all affec…

The workmen of like occupation.—The “craftsmen” of the previous verse represent the higher class of what we call skilled labour. H…

Artemis of Ephesus, depicted as a grotesque, multibreasted woman, was believed to have been fashioned in heaven and to have fallen from the sky (cf…

By this craft. Demetrius here shamefully betrays his malice. It is permissible for a person, to some extent, to provide for their private …

Whom he called together
That is, the craftsmen; "all his co-artificers", as the Syriac version reads, all the chief …

People who came from afar to offer their devotions at the temple of Ephesus bought small silver shrines, or models of the temple, to take home with…