19:38,39
The clerk then urges Demetrius and the other craftsman to use the proper legal processes to bring any charge that they might have. Proconsuls were available to preside over the court, so there was no excuse for not using proper legal processes. In fact, whatever the problem they had, they should use legal processes not a riot to resolve the matter. This illustrates one of the reasons we should pray for governments and for peaceful and ordered societies.This helps provide the conditions for the spread of the gospel (1 Tim 2:1-4).
19:40,41
This reveals the reason for the city clerk being so keen to have an orderly approach to the matter. The Roman empire did not like riots occuring in its regions. Ephesus was a free city and there was a danger that they would lose this status, which gave them a degree of independence, if they got a reputation for being unruly. The clerk’s efforts seem to have worked and the crowd was dismissed.
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