Verse 19

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 21:30 : 30 All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.
  • Acts 16:16 : 16 It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
  • Acts 17:6 : 6 When they didn't find them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers before the rulers of the city, crying, "These who have turned the world upside down have come here also,
  • Acts 18:12-13 : 12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, 13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
  • Acts 19:24-27 : 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, 25 whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth. 26 You see and hear, that not at Ephesus alone, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands. 27 Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."
  • Acts 14:5 : 5 When some of both the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, made a violent attempt to mistreat and stone them,
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
  • Acts 15:22 : 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
  • Acts 15:26 : 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 6:5 : 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
  • 1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Matt 10:16-18 : 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.