Acts 19:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. ”

Acts 19:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ye ... - Demetrius and his friends. The blame was to be traced to them. Which are neither robbers of churches - The word “churches” we now apply to edifices reared for purposes of Christi...
Acts 19:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Tumult at Ephesus. A change of religion (for the Way, cf. Acts 9:2 ) bears hardly on certain trades. In ch. 16 the Gospel interfered with the trade of soothsaying; here the art of the silversmit...
Acts 19:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

robbers of churches . plunderers of temples. Greek. hierosulos. Only here. your goddess . The texts read "our god". App-98.
Acts 19:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

− 37. Men which are neither church-robbers. He doth both truly and well deny that they be church-robbers; but he doth shortly after falsely define the kind of church-robbery to speak blasphe...
Acts 19:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. These men - are neither robbers of churches - Ἱρεσυλους; Spoilers of sacred places....
Acts 19:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Men, which are neither robbers of churches, &c.— It is very ungenerous in Orobio to insinuate from hence, that the fear of suffering kept St. Paul from declaring against the established idolatr...
Acts 19:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches,...
Acts 19:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesus 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23 ), approached Ephesus not by the usual level route leading through...
Acts 19:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These men, which are neither robbers of churches. — Better, robbers of temples. It was not unusual for the writers of the Elizabethan age to apply the term, which we confine to Christian building...
Acts 19:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lawlessness of Selfish Greed Acts 19:30-41 The theater of Ephesus still stands, and the writer of these words has spoken in its mighty enclosure, from the very spot where this town clerk-th...
Acts 19:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The result of the work of Apollos was manifest when Paul reached Ephesus. There he found a company of sincere disciples to Jesus as He had been revealed by John. To them Paul declared the truth in it...
Acts 19:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. (22) So he sent...
Acts 19:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For ye have brought hither these men ,.... The Arabic version reads, "these two men"; that is, Gaius and Aristarchus, whom they had brought by force into the theatre to fight with wild beasts: whi...
Acts 19:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. Ver. 37. Blasphemers of your goddess ] This was false: but this politician held i...
Acts 19:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when the town-clerk Greek, ο γραμματευς, the scribe; probably the proconsul's secretary, to whom the direction of the affairs of the city was committed; had appeased the people So far as to...
Acts 19:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul returned to Ephesus, as he had promised. Of course there was an assembly there already, as chapter 18:27 intimates; but he found certain disciples who, at his questioning, tell him they had not...
Acts 19:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Acha...
Acts 19:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither robbers of churches; for they had not entered into their temple. Nor yet blasphemers of your goddess; Paul had barely preached this truth amongst them, not upbraiding them for their idola...
Acts 19:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Stirring in Ephesus On Account of the Name of Artemis (19:23-41). In considering what follows we should note two things about its context: · Firstly that it introduces the final section of Acts...
Acts 19:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 19:23 . The way .—See on Acts 9:2 . Acts 19:24 . Demetrius .—The name has been found in an inscription, exhumed in Ephesus and supposed (Hicks) to belong to A.D. 50–60,...
Acts 19:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:1 . Paul came to Ephesus, a city of Ionia, built by the Amezones. Its temple of Diana was one of the seven wonders of the world; but Pompey plundered it of all its riches. This city is now...
Acts 19:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

A certain man named Demetrius. Paul and Demetrius The application of these words to present day life is a task that might be assigned to a child. Demetrius never dies; his word is to be heard i...
Acts 19:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 19:1 Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the inland districts of Galatia and Phrygia, through whi...
Acts 19:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The end of the riot:
Acts 19:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:32 ; 2 Corinthians 6:3 ; Acts 25:8
Acts 19:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nor blasphemers of your goddess — They simply declared the one God, and the vanity of idols in general.

Acts 19:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 19:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 19:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 19:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 19:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 19:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 19:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 19:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 19:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 19:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 19:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 19:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 19:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 19:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 19:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 19:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 19:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 19:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 19:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes