Acts 19:37
For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
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Referenced Verses
- Rom 2:22 : 22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
- 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
- 2 Cor 6:3 : 3 We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.
- Acts 25:8 : 8 Paul said in his defense,“I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar.”
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- Acts 19:38-403 verses83%
38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against someone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there.
39 But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.
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.”
- Acts 19:32-365 verses82%
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.
- Acts 19:23-297 verses76%
23 At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen.
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!”
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.
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13 saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”
- Acts 17:18-236 verses73%
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?
20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”
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.)
22 So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said,“Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.
23 For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
- Acts 16:19-213 verses73%
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
21 and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
- Acts 21:28-292 verses72%
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.)
- Acts 24:18-203 verses71%
18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
19 But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
- Acts 28:21-222 verses71%
21 They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
- Acts 6:12-132 verses70%
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.
13 They brought forward false witnesses who said,“This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law.
- Acts 17:5-84 verses70%
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.
- Acts 14:12-132 verses70%
12 They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
13 The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
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15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
- Acts 24:12-132 verses70%
12 They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,
13 nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing.
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18 Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them.
- Acts 5:38-392 verses69%
38 So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing,
39 but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God.” He convinced them,
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27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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6 He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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39 and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.
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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.