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The Mindless Mob
Commentators unanimously describe this scene as a perfect illustration of mob mentality. The crowd was agitated and frenzied, but most people didn't even know the specific reason for the uproar. As one scholar notes, it was 'just a mob that shouted because others did,' highlighting the irrational and dangerous nature of collective passion without purpose.
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Albert Barnes
On Acts 19:32
18th Century
Theologian
Some therefore cried one thing, etc. This is an admirable description of a mob, assembled for what purpose they did not know, but agitated…
AT Robertson
On Acts 19:32
Some therefore cried one thing and some another (αλλο μεν ουν αλλο τ εκραζον). This classical use of αλλος αλλο (Robertson, Gra…
Charles Ellicott
On Acts 19:32
19th Century
Bishop
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another.—Better, kept on crying. The vivid nature of the entire narrati…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Acts 19:32
The crowd had been worked up into a frenzy; most didn’t even know why they were there. What united them was a common resentment against those who p…
John Gill
On Acts 19:32
17th Century
Pastor
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another
Not in the church at Ephesus among the disciples, and friends of th…
Matthew Henry
On Acts 19:32–41
17th Century
Minister
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…