Acts 19:30

Paul thought he should confront the mob, but the other believers would not let him.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

29The city was in complete chaos. People rushed towards the amphitheatre, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions who were from Macedonia.

31Some of the provincial officials, who were Paul's friends, also sent a message begging him not to go into the amphitheater.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to his rescue, attacked the Philistine, and killed him. Then David's men made him promise, saying, “Don't ever go out with us to battle again, so that the Israel's light isn't snuffed out!”

Acts 17:22Paul stood up right in the middle of the Areopagus and said, “People of Athens, I notice you are very religious about everything.

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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