Acts 19:31

And the chiefs of Asia, because they were his friends, sent, praying of him not to deliver himself by going into the theatre.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 Paulos willed to enter the theatre, and the disciples restrained him.

32But the crowd who were in the theatre were greatly commoved, and others cried other things; for many of them knew not on what account they were assembled.

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Cross References

Acts 19:10And this was done two years, until all who dwelt in Asia, Jihudoyee and Aramoyee, had heard the word of the Lord.

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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