Acts 19:31

and also some of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, having sent to him, were pleading [with] him not to venture into the theater himself.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

In Context

30And on Paul’s resolving to enter in to the populace, the disciples were not permitting him,

32Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they had come together;

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Cross References

Proverbs 16:7When a man’s ways please YHWH, even his enemies, || He causes to be at peace with him.

Acts 19:10And this happened for two years so that all those dwelling in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks,

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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