Acts 16:20
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
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- Acts 28:22 : 22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
- Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God– what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
- Jas 4:4 : 4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.
- 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him,“Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?” 18 Elijah replied,“I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the LORD’s commandments and following the Baals.
- Ezra 4:12-15 : 12 Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations. 13 Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss. 14 In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information 15 so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.
- Esth 3:8-9 : 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,“There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them. 9 If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.”
- Matt 2:3 : 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- John 15:18-20 : 18 The World’s Hatred“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
- Acts 17:6-8 : 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too, 7 and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!” 8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
- Acts 18:2 : 2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them,
- Acts 19:34 : 34 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
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- Acts 17:5-95 verses83%
5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming,“These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,
7 and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar’s decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!”
8 They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
9 After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.
- Acts 16:21-233 verses82%
21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
22 The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23 After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
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19 But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
- Acts 16:37-393 verses78%
37 But Paul said to the police officers,“They had us beaten in public without a proper trial– even though we are Roman citizens– and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!”
38 The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens
39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
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12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
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35 At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying,“Release those men.”
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13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
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50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
- Acts 19:28-292 verses73%
28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
29 The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
- Acts 21:27-315 verses73%
27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
28 shouting,“Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!”
29 (For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.)
30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.
31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
- Acts 18:12-132 verses73%
12 Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”
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37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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17 Paul Addresses the Jewish Community in Rome After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them,“Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.
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26 Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force(for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).
27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
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40 For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
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20 He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him.
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7 When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.
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18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
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10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks.
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30 Then he brought them outside and asked,“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
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23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
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2 angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
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6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
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16 saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.
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17 She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,“These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
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24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
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19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
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28 Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
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19 “Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God,
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16 Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.
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17 So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.
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2 When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying,“We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight.