Acts 19:37

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

In Context

36So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.

38If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

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Cross References

Acts 25:8Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

1 Corinthians 10:32Give no cause of trouble to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God.

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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