Acts 19:29
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.
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.
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25 He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all.
27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.”
28 When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
30 But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him.
31 Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.
32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.
33 Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly.
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.
35 After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said,“Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven?
36 So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.
37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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.
32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
23 At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
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.
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,
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.
20 When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said,“These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews
2 We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
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,
14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting,
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.
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.”
4 Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
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.
18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)
19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.
16 Paul at Athens While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols.
6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
1 Paul Travels Through Macedonia and Greece After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia.
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.
39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
34 But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks.
23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
1 Disciples of John the Baptist at Ephesus While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there
11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language,“The gods have come down to us in human form!”
21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.)
17 So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.