Kisah Para Rasul 7:10

7:10 and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made ¹  him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

Kisah Para Rasul 19:35

19:35 After the city secretary ²  quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person ³  is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper ⁴  of the temple of the great Artemis ⁵  and of her image that fell from heaven? ⁶ 

[7:10]  ¹ tn Or “appointed.” See Gen 41:41-43.

[19:35]  ² tn Or “clerk.” The “scribe” (γραμματεύς, grammateu") was the keeper of the city’s records.

[19:35]  ³ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo").

[19:35]  ⁴ tn See BDAG 670 s.v. νεωκόρος. The city is described as the “warden” or “guardian” of the goddess and her temple.

[19:35]  ⁵ sn Artemis was a Greek goddess worshiped particularly in Asia Minor, whose temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was located just outside the city of Ephesus.

[19:35]  ⁶ tn Or “from the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[19:35]  sn The expression fell from heaven adds a note of apologetic about the heavenly origin of the goddess. The city’s identity and well-being was wrapped up with this connection, in their view. Many interpreters view her image that fell from heaven as a stone meteorite regarded as a sacred object.