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- You men of Ephesus - "you" is referring to all the men present who were from Ephesus. (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_you)
- what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from heaven? - keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from heaven?** - This is a rhetorical question used to calm the crowd. It can also be translated, "every man knows that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from heaven." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
- temple-keeper - keeper** - The Ephesian people maintained and guarded the temple of Artemis.
- the image that fell down from heaven? - Within the temple of Artemis was an image of the goddess that had been fashioned from a meteorite, a rock thought to have come directly from Zeus.