Acts 19:40
For we are in danger of being called in question for this day's riot, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
39But if ye make any demand concerning other matters, it shall be determined in the lawful assembly.
41And having thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
Cross References
Acts 17:5But the Jews, moved with envy[17:5], having taken to them, of the idlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them unto the people.
Acts 21:31And while they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar;
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 →