Verse 30

Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.

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  • 2 Sam 18:2-3 : 2 David divided the troops into three groups: one-third under Joab, one-third under Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one-third under Ittai the Gittite. Then the king said to the troops, 'I will also go into battle with you.' 3 But the people replied, 'You must not go with us. If we are forced to flee, no one will care about us. Even if half of us die, no one will pay attention. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better for you to provide support from the city.'
  • 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai, son of Zeruiah, came to David's aid. He struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, "Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel."
  • Acts 14:14-18 : 14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting, 15 They cried out, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also humans with the same nature as you, proclaiming the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.' 16 In past generations, he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts. 18 Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.
  • Acts 17:22-31 : 22 Paul then stood up in the middle of the Areopagus and said, 'Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you. 24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands. 25 Nor is he served by human hands as if he needed anything, since he himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else. 26 From one man, he made every nation of mankind to live on the entire face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation. 27 He did this so that they would seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel their way toward him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 For in him we live and move and have our being, as some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also his offspring.' 29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone—an image formed by human skill and imagination. 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.
  • Acts 21:39 : 39 Paul answered, 'I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.'