<p>19:36 <em>Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash</em>- The town clerk was arguing, very cleverly and diplomatically, that the commotion was an indication that they were in doubt about their religion. He wanted them to calm down by all means, and hence argues that the relationship of Diana with the Ephesians cannot be sensibly denied and so they should stop getting so agitated as if it could be denied.</p>