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, х hierosulous (G2417)] - rather 'temple plunderers;' that is, sacrilegious persons (or 'revilers'),
Nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. This is a remarkable testimony, showing that the apostle had, in preaching against idolatry, studiously avoided (as at Athens) insulting the feelings of those whom he addressed-a lesson this to missionaries and ministers in general.