Acts 19:30

But though Paul wished to go in to the people, the disciples would not permit him.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

In Context

29And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed unanimously into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travelling companions.

31And some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent unto him, admonishing him not to venture himself into the theatre.

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Cross References

Acts 17:22Then Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus said, Ye men of Athens, I observe that in all things ye are too much devoted to the worship of daemons.

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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