Acts 16:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

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  • Acts 28:22 : 22 But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel? 18 Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.
  • Ezra 4:12-15 : 12 We give news to the king that the Jews who came from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are building up again that uncontrolled and evil town; the walls are complete and they are joining up the bases. 13 The king may be certain that when the building of this town and its walls is complete, they will give no tax or payment in goods or forced payments, and in the end it will be a cause of loss to the kings. 14 Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things, 15 So that search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: and you will see in the book of the records that this town has been uncontrolled, and a cause of trouble to kings and countries, and that there were outbursts against authority there in the past: for which reason the town was made waste.
  • Esth 3:8-9 : 8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be. 9 If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.
  • Matt 2:3 : 3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  • John 15:18-20 : 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world. 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
  • Acts 17:6-8 : 6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here; 7 Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. 8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
  • Acts 18:2 : 2 And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;
  • Acts 19:34 : 34 But when they saw that he was a Jew, all of them with one voice went on crying out for about two hours, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

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  • Acts 17:5-9
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    5 But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the people.

    6 And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

    7 Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

    8 And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

    9 And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.

  • Acts 16:21-23
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    21 Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.

    22 And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.

    23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

  • Acts 16:19
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    19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

  • Acts 16:37-39
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    37 But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

    38 And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

    39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.

  • Acts 6:12
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    12 And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,

  • Acts 16:35
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    35 But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.

  • Acts 17:13
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    13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

  • Acts 13:50
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    50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.

  • Acts 19:28-29
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    28 And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

    29 And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.

  • Acts 21:27-31
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    27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,

    28 Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

    29 For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.

    30 And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.

    31 And while they were attempting to put him to death, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was out of control.

  • Acts 18:12-13
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    12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

    13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

  • Acts 19:37
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    37 For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.

  • Acts 28:17
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    17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

  • Acts 5:26-27
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    26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.

    27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

  • Acts 14:5
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    5 And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,

  • Acts 19:40
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    40 For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

  • Acts 24:6-7
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    6 Who, in addition, was attempting to make the Temple unclean: whom we took,

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  • Acts 23:20
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    20 And he said, The Jews are in agreement together to make a request to you for Paul to be taken, on the day after this, into the Sanhedrin, to be questioned in greater detail.

  • Acts 25:7
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    7 And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.

  • Acts 14:18
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    18 And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.

  • Acts 23:10
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    10 And when the argument became very violent, the chief captain, fearing that Paul would be pulled in two by them, gave orders to the armed men to take him by force from among them, and take him into the army building.

  • Acts 16:30
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    30 And took them out and said, Sirs, what have I to do to get salvation?

  • Acts 22:23
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    23 And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

  • Acts 4:2
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    2 Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

  • Acts 14:2
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    2 But those Jews who had not the faith, made the minds of the Gentiles bitter against the brothers.

  • Acts 4:16
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    16 Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.

  • Acts 16:17
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    17 She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

  • Acts 15:24
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    24 Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

  • Acts 17:19
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    19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

  • Acts 23:28
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    28 And, desiring to get at the reason for their attack on him, I took him down to their Sanhedrin:

  • Acts 15:19
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    19 For this reason my decision is, that we do not put trouble in the way of those who from among the Gentiles are turned to God;

  • Acts 18:16
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    16 And he sent them away from the judge's seat.

  • Acts 25:17
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    17 So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

  • Acts 24:2
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    2 And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,