Acts 19:28

“And when they heard these sayings, etc.] Both the masters and the workmen; they were full of wrath; against Paul and his doctrine: and cried out, saying, great is Diana of the Ephesians; this goddess is frequently called in Heathen writers, Diana of the Ephesians, or the Ephesian Diana, because of her famous temple at Ephesus; and to distinguish her from all other Dianas: Pausanias makes mention of sixty Dianas at least, and yet seems not to have taken notice of them all; all of them had different epithets, by which they were distinguished from one another; the images were in different shapes, and they were worshipped with different rites: what seems most of all to distinguish the Ephesian…”

“Great is Diana of the Ephesians--the civic cry of a populace so proud of their temple that they refused to inscribe on it the name of Alexander the Great, though he offered them the whole spoil of his Eastern campaign if they would do it [STRABO in HOWSON].”

“Were full of wrath - Were greatly enraged - probably at the prospect of losing their gains. Great is Diana ... - The term “great” was often applied by the Greeks to Diana. Thus, in Xenophon (Ephes. i.), he says, “I adjure you by your own goddess, the great (τὴν μεγάλην tēn megalēn) Diana of the Ephesians.” The design of this clamor was doubtless to produce a persecution against Paul, and thus to secure a continuance of their employment. Often, when people have no arguments, they raise a clamor; when their employments are in danger of being ruined, they are filled with rage. We may learn, also, that when people’s pecuniary interests are affected, they often show great zeal for religion,…”

“they: Act 7:54, Act 16:19-24, Act 21:28-31; Psa 2:2; Rev 12:12 and cried: Act 19:34, Act 19:35; Sa1 5:3-5; Kg1 18:26-29; Isa 41:5-7; Jer 50:38; Rev 13:4; Rev 17:13 Acts 19:29”