The town-clerk (ο γραμματευς). Ephesus was a free city and elected its own officers and the recorder or secretary was the chief ma…

And when the town-clerk. o grammateuv. The scribe; the secretary. The word is often used in the New Testament and is commonly tra…

And when the townclerk had appeased the people . . .—The Greek word is the same as the “scribe” of the Gospels, and the familiar English t…

The “city clerk” of Ephesus was the chief executive officer of the assembly. He came to his position from within the assembly and was not appointed…

Luke shows in this passage that although the uproar was calmed, superstition nevertheless prevailed among the frenzied people, and the truth of God…

And when the town clerk had appeased the people
Caused them to cease their loud outcry, so that he could be heard. T…

The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are so careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and are afraid of being m…