Acts 19:37

for you have brought these men here, though they are neither robbers of Temples nor blasphemers of our Goddess.

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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

36As these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and do nothing rash;

38If, however, Demetrius and the artisans who are acting with him have a charge to make against anyone, there are court days and there are Magistrates; let both parties take legal proceedings.

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Cross References

Acts 25:8Paul’s answer to the charge was – “I have not committed any offence against the Jewish Law, or the Temple, or the Emperor.”

1 Corinthians 10:32Do not cause offence either to Jews or 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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