1 Corinthians 10:32; 2 Corinthians 6:3; Acts 25:8
For ye ... - Demetrius and his friends. The blame was to be traced to them. Which are neither robbers of churches - The word “churches” we no...
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 tr...
robbers of churches . plunderers of temples. Greek. hierosulos. Only here. your goddess . The texts read "our god". App-98.
− 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...
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...
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. P...
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. For ye have brought hither...
Ephesus 1-41. Paul at Ephesus. Opposition of the manufacturers of idols. St. Paul, leaving Antioch in S. Galatia (see Acts 18:23 ), approached Ep...
Blasphemers ] It is clear that St. Paul had expressed his views with gentleness and moderation.
These men, which are neither robbers of churches. — Better, robbers of temples. It was not unusual for the writers of the Elizabethan age to appl...
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 encl...
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 revea...
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...
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...
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. Ver. 37. Blasphemers of your go...
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...
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 discipl...
The Tumult at Ephesus. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spi...
Neither robbers of churches; for they had not entered into their temple. Nor yet blasphemers of your goddess; Paul had barely preached this truth...
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: · Fi...
“For you have brought here these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.” For they needed to recognise that there wa...
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 Eph...
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 Pompe...
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 chil...
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another. The excitement at Ephesus I. What produced it. 1. Self-interest endangered. 2. Supersti...
EXPOSITION Acts 19:1 Country for coasts, A.V.; found for finding, A.V. and T.R. The upper country (τὰ ἀνωτερικὰ μέρη); the in...
The end of the riot:
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
Nor blasphemers of your goddess — They simply declared the one God, and the vanity of idols in general.
37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.