Acts 19:30

And when Paul wanted to enter in to the crowd, the disciples did not let him.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

In Context

29And the whole city was filled with the confusion. And they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul.

31And also some of the Asian officers, being their friends, having sent to him, implored him not to give himself into the theatre.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, Thou shall no more go out with us to battle, that thou not quench the lamp of Israel.

Acts 17:22And having stood in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said, Athenian men, I perceive you as deity-fearing in all things.

Matthew Henry on Acts 19:22-41

The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain… Read the whole commentary →

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