Acts 19:30

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • 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.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Acts 19:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28 When they heard this, they were filled with rage and began shouting, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

    29 The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.

  • Acts 19:31-33
    3 verses
    77%

    31 Even some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent word to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

    32 Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in disarray, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

    33 The Jews pushed Alexander to the front, and some of the crowd gave instructions to him. Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the assembly.

  • Acts 14:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18 Even with these words, they barely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

    20 But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day, he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

  • Acts 21:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12 When we heard this, we and the local believers pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

    13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

    14 When he would not be persuaded, we gave up and said, 'The Lord's will be done.'

  • Acts 21:27-32
    6 verses
    73%

    27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

    28 Shouting, 'Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And now he has even brought Greeks into the temple, defiling this holy place.'

    29 They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with Paul in the city and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

    30 The whole city was stirred up, and there was a commotion. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.

    31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.

    32 At once, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 21:4
    72%

    4 There we found some disciples and stayed with them for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept urging Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

  • Acts 18:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19 They arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

    20 When they asked him to stay longer with them, he declined.

  • Acts 16:7
    72%

    7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.

  • Acts 23:10
    72%

    10 When the dissension became violent, the commander, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.

  • Acts 20:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 After the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying goodbye, he left to go to Macedonia.

    2 After traveling through those regions and encouraging the people with many words, he came to Greece.

  • Acts 18:27
    70%

    27 When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed.

  • Acts 24:23
    70%

    23 He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and not to prevent his friends from attending to his needs.

  • Acts 18:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the judgment seat.

    13 They said, 'This man persuades people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 17:33
    70%

    33 At that, Paul left the assembly.

  • Acts 19:1
    70%

    1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

  • Acts 19:9
    69%

    9 But when some became stubborn and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them, took the disciples with him, and reasoned daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

  • Acts 15:38
    69%

    38 but Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work.

  • Acts 9:26
    69%

    26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

  • Acts 21:36
    69%

    36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, 'Take him away!'

  • Acts 14:14
    69%

    14 But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

  • Acts 28:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 When we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the commander of the guard, but Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

    17 After three days, Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, 'Brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.'

  • Acts 28:31
    69%

    31 He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance.

  • Acts 16:39
    69%

    39 So they came to appease them, escorted them out of the prison, and requested them to leave the city.

  • Acts 13:50
    68%

    50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their region.

  • Acts 17:13
    68%

    13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the Word of God in Berea as well, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

  • Acts 16:37
    68%

    37 But Paul said to them, 'They have publicly beaten us without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. Now they want to release us secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!'

  • Acts 21:19
    68%

    19 After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of everything God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

  • Acts 14:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, while others supported the apostles.

    5 When both Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,

  • Acts 19:23
    68%

    23 During that time, a great disturbance arose concerning the Way.

  • Acts 20:4
    68%

    4 Accompanying him as far as Asia were Sopater of Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and from Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.

  • Acts 16:19
    68%

    19 When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities.

  • Acts 17:9
    68%

    9 After receiving a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them.

  • Acts 20:16
    68%

    16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.