Acts 19:37

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Rom 2:22 : 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
  • 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 Giving no offense in anything, that the ministry may not be blamed:
  • Acts 25:8 : 8 While he answered for himself, I have not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar.

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  • Acts 19:38-40
    3 verses
    83%

    38Therefore, 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.

    39But if you seek anything concerning other matters, it shall be settled in a lawful assembly.

    40For 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 19:32-36
    5 verses
    82%

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

    33And 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.

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

    35And 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?

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

  • Acts 19:23-29
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    76%

    23And at that time, there arose no small commotion about the Way.

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

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

    26Moreover, 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;

    27So 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.

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

    29And 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.

  • Acts 18:13
    73%

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

  • Acts 17:18-23
    6 verses
    73%

    18Then 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.

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

    20For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we want to know what these things mean.

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

    22Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ Hill and said, Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious.

    23For as I passed by and observed your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the one whom you worship without knowing—Him I proclaim to you.

  • Acts 16:19-21
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    73%

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

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

    21And teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive or observe, being Romans.

  • Acts 21:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place: and furthermore he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.

    29(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)

  • Acts 24:18-20
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    71%

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

    19Who ought to have been present before you, to charge me, if they had anything against me.

    20Or else let those who are here say, if they found any wrongdoing in me, while I stood before the council,

  • Acts 28:21-22
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    21And they said to him, We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren who came reported or spoken any evil of you.

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

  • Acts 6:12-13
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    70%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

    13They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law.

  • Acts 17:5-8
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    70%

    5But 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.

    6And 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;

    7Jason has welcomed them: and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.

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

  • Acts 14:12-13
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    12And they called Barnabas, Zeus; and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.

    13Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was before their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to sacrifice with the people.

  • Acts 14:15
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    15And saying, Men, why do you do these things? We also are men with similar passions as you and preach to you that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things in them,

  • Acts 24:12-13
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    12And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, nor stirring up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

    13Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

  • Acts 14:18
    69%

    18And with these sayings, they barely kept the people from sacrificing to them.

  • Acts 5:38-39
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    38And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing.

    39But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.

  • Acts 5:27
    69%

    27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council, and the high priest asked them,

  • Acts 24:6
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    6Who also attempted to desecrate the temple: whom we seized, and would have judged according to our law.

  • Acts 16:39
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    39Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and asked them to depart from the city.

  • Acts 4:16
    68%

    16Saying, What shall we do to these men? For indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.