They therefore thrust forward one of their own number to set the matter before the people. The speaker chosen was Alexander, one of the craftsmen, a coppersmith, to whom Paul afterward referred as having done him much evil. Alexander was a man of considerable ability, and he bent all his energies to direct the wrath of the people exclusively against Paul and his companions. But the crowd, seeing that Alexander was a Jew, thrust him aside; and "all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians." At last, from sheer exhaustion, they ceased, and there was a momentary silence. Then the recorder of the city arrested the attention of the crowd, and by virtue of his office obtained a hearing. He met the people on their own ground, and showed that there was no cause for the present tumult.
Kwa hiyo siyo wale wanaong ng ania kwa Mungu na ukweli wake na kuliacha Kanisa la SDA ambao ni waasi; bali ni Kanisa la SDA na wote wale wanaong ang ania mfumo huu wa kidini uliopotoka ukionekana kama Kanisa la kweli na mfumo wa kidini wa Mungu ambao ni waasi! (Kwa ajili ya kupata uthibitisho kamili wa uasi wa Kanisa la SDA, tafadhali tuandikie kwa ajili ya kitabu; Chukizo la Uharibifu na Historia ya Kanisa--Toleo la Pili, katika anuani iliyotolewa mbele ya kijitabu hiki.)