Acts 19:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Kgs 1:41 : 41 And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?
  • Matt 26:5 : 5 But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people.
  • Acts 17:5-8 : 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.
  • Acts 20:1 : 1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
  • Acts 21:31 : 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 21:38 : 38 Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land?

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    36So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.

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    38If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

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    18And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,

    19And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

    20Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • Acts 4:15-16
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    15But when they had given them orders to go out of the Sanhedrin, they had a discussion among themselves,

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    23And about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.

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    14And if this comes to the ruler's ears, we will see that he does not make you responsible.

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