This document is about Alexander (Ephesus_Jew). For other homonyms, please refer to the Alexander document.
A Jew living in Ephesus.
At that time, in Ephesus, silversmiths made a living by worshipping the goddess Artemis. When their livelihood became difficult due to Paul's evangelism, they incited a riot. This person attempted to converse with them.
Acts 19:33The Jews pushed Alexander forward from the crowd, and Alexander motioned with his hand and tried to make a defense to the people.Acts 19:34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours, “Great is Ephesus’s Artemis!”Acts 19:35The city clerk quieted the crowd and said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of Ephesus is the temple guardian of the great Artemis and of the image that fell from Zeus?”