Acts 19:30

Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples 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 commotion spread through the whole city, and the people rushed together into the amphitheater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

31while some of the chief religious officials of the province, who were friendly to him, sent repeated entreaties to him not to trust himself inside.

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Cross References

Acts 17:22So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said – ‘People of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.

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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