34 But when they found out that he was a Jew, all with one voice cried out for about two hours, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”

35 And when the city clerk had quieted the crowd, he said: “Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great goddess¹ Diana, and of the image which fell down from² Zeus?  ‡

37 For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of¹ your goddess.  ‡

38 Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a¹ case against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.  ‡