Acts 19:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And at that time, there arose no small commotion about the Way.

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  • Acts 19:9 : 9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of Tyrannus.
  • Acts 24:22 : 22 And when Felix heard these things, having more accurate knowledge of that Way, he postponed them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain comes down, I will decide your case.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 18:26 : 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
  • Acts 22:4 : 4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
  • Acts 24:14 : 14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things written in the law and in the prophets:
  • 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life. 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
  • 2 Cor 6:9 : 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

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  • Acts 19:24-30
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    80%

    24 A certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen;

    25 Whom he called together with the workmen of similar occupation, and said, Sirs, you know that by this trade we have our wealth.

    26 Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands;

    27 So that not only is this our craft in danger of being discredited, but also the temple of the great goddess Diana might be despised, and her magnificence destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.

    28 And when they heard this, they were full of wrath and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

    29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theater.

    30 And when Paul wanted to go in to the people, the disciples would not allow him.

  • Acts 19:32-38
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    32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and most did not know why they had come together.

    33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander motioned with the hand, and wanted to make his defense to the people.

    34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice cried out for about two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.

    35 And when the town clerk had quieted the people, he said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the temple keeper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?

    36 Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet, and do nothing rashly.

    37 For you have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

    38 Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another.

  • Acts 19:8-10
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    73%

    8 And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, disputing and persuading concerning the kingdom of God.

    9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of Tyrannus.

    10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.

  • Acts 19:40
    72%

    40 For we are in danger of being called in question for today's uproar, there being no reason which we may give to account for this disturbance.

  • Acts 17:8
    71%

    8 And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things.

  • Acts 17:13
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    13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also, and stirred up the people.

  • Acts 19:22
    70%

    22 So he sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, but he stayed in Asia for a while.

  • Acts 17:5-6
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    5 But the Jews who did not believe, moved with envy, took certain troublemakers from the marketplace, and gathered a mob, set all the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

    6 And when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These who have turned the world upside down have come here too;

  • Acts 17:18-19
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    69%

    18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What does this babbler want to say? Others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.

    19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is that you speak of?

  • Acts 24:18
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    18 In the midst of which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with a crowd, nor with tumult.

  • Acts 16:20
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    20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city,

  • Acts 16:16
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    16 And it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.

  • Acts 23:9
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    9 And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

  • Acts 17:16
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    16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred within him, when he saw the city was fully given to idolatry.

  • Acts 24:11-12
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    69%

    11 Because you may understand that there are only twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship.

    12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, nor stirring up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

  • Acts 19:1
    69%

    1 And it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper regions and came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples,

  • Acts 19:17
    68%

    17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also living in Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

  • Acts 18:12-13
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    68%

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

    13 saying, 'This man persuades people to worship God contrary to the law.'

  • Acts 17:21
    68%

    21 For all the Athenians and foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else, but to tell or to hear some new thing.

  • Acts 21:27
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    27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

  • Acts 28:22
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    22 But we desire to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against.

  • Acts 12:18
    68%

    18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

  • Acts 14:6
    68%

    6 They became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region,

  • Acts 18:23
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    23 And after spending some time there, he departed and went over all the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

  • Acts 19:20
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    20 So the word of God grew mightily and prevailed.

  • Acts 21:29-31
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    29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

    30 And all the city was disturbed, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut.

    31 And as they went about to kill him, news came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

  • Acts 14:4
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    4 But the multitude of the city was divided: some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

  • Acts 23:7
    67%

    7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

  • Acts 22:23
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    23 And as they cried out and threw off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

  • Acts 20:4
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    4 And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia; and Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.