Acts 19:39

But if you seek anything concerning other matters, it must be settled in a lawful assembly.

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But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.

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38So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.

40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting in connection with today's events, since there is no reason we can give to account for this disorderly gathering.”

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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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