Acts 19:39
But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly.
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- Acts 19:32-387 verses86%
32So 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.
33Some 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.
34But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison,“Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” for about two hours.
35After 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?
36So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.
37For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.
38If 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.
- Acts 19:40-412 verses81%
40For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering.”
41After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
- Acts 18:12-165 verses75%
12Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
13saying,“This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”
14But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews,“If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,
15but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”
16Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.
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25He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said,“Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business.
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20Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
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1Lawsuits When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?
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22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
- Deut 17:8-92 verses69%
8Appeal to a Higher Court If a matter is too difficult for you to judge– bloodshed, legal claim, or assault– matters of controversy in your villages– you must leave there and go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.
9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
- Acts 24:19-213 verses69%
19But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
- Acts 17:19-213 verses68%
19So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming?
20For 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.)
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17then both parties to the controversy must stand before the LORD, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days.
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6Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter.
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4So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
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19But Peter and John replied,“Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
- Acts 5:38-392 verses67%
38So 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,
39but 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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15But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,
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8When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing.”
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1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.
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8They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.
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21and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans.”
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23At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.
- Acts 23:28-292 verses66%
28Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council.
29I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment.
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22What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
- Acts 25:15-173 verses66%
15When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
16I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.
17So 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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15After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”
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6He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him.
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2When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement.
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40And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.
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5“So,” he said,“let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him.”
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29The 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.