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Acts 19:29
29Then the city was filled with confusion; and people rushed together [as a group] into the amphitheater, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.
Acts 19:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
- New International Version (NIV)Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia, and all of them rushed into the theater together.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul’s travel companions.
Context of Acts 19:29
27Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will be discredited, but also that the [magnificent] temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and that she whom all Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned and lose her glorious magnificence.” 28When they heard this, they were filled with rage, and they began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” Then the city was filled with confusion; and people rushed together [as a group] into the amphitheater, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions. 30Paul wanted to go into the [pagan] assembly, but the disciples would not let him. 31Even some of the Asiarchs (officials) who were his friends sent word to him and repeatedly warned him not to venture into the amphitheater.
Read all of Acts 19Acts 19:29 word by word
καὶ ἐπλήσθη ἡ πόλις τῆς συγχύσεως· ὥρμησάν τε ὁμοθυμαδὸν εἰς τὸ θέατρον συναρπάσαντες Γάϊον καὶ Ἀρίσταρχον Μακεδόνας, συνεκδήμους Παύλου.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- the wholeὅλοςholos · allG3650
- cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
- was filledπλήθω, πίμπλημιplēthō · to fillG4130
- with confusionσύγχυσιςsugchusis · confusionG4799
- andτεte · and/bothG5037
- having caughtσυναρπάζωsunarpazō · to seizeG4884
- GaiusΓάϊοςGaios · GaiusG1050
- AristarchusἈρίσταρχοςAristarchos · AristarchusG708
- men of MacedoniaΜακεδώνMakedōn · MacedoniaG3110
- Paul’sΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
- companions in travelσυνέκδημοςsunekdēmos · companionG4898
- they rushedὁρμάωhormaō · to stampedeG3729
- with one accordὁμοθυμαδόνhomothumadon · unitedG3661
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- the theatreθέατρονtheatron · theatreG2302
Cross-references for Acts 19:29
- Acts 19:32Now some shouted one thing and some another, for the gathering was in confusion and most of the people did not know why they had come together.
- Acts 17:8They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things.
- Acts 21:30Then the whole city was provoked and confused, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the gates were closed.
- Romans 16:23Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church here, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
- 1 Corinthians 1:14I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius,
- Acts 20:4He was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and by Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
- Acts 27:2And going aboard a ship from Adramyttian which was about to sail for the ports along the [west] coast [province] of Asia [Minor], we put out to sea; and Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, accompanied us.
- Colossians 4:10Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you; as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him);
- Philemon 1:24and from Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.
Commentaries on Acts 19:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The whole city was filled with confusion - Thus we find the peace of the whole city was disturbed, not by an apostle preaching the Gospel of Christ, but by one interested, unprincipled knave, who did not even plead conscience for what he was doing; but that it was by this craft he and his fellows got their wealth, and he was afraid to lose it. Rushed - into the theater - The theatres, being very spacious and convenient places, were often used for popular…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Confusion - Tumult; disorder. Gaius - He had lived at Corinth, and had kinky entertained Paul at his house, 1 Corinthians 1:14; Romans 16:23. Aristarchus - He attended Paul to Rome, and was there a prisoner with him, Colossians 4:10. With one accord - Tumultuously; or with one mind or purpose. Into the theatre - The theaters of the Greeks were not only places for public exhibitions, but also for holding assemblies, and often for courts, elections, etc…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to themselves of people's superstition, and serve their worldly ends by it. Men are jealous for that by which they get their wealth; and many set themselves against the gospel of Christ, because it calls men from all unlawful crafts, however much wealth is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Archaeologists have uncovered the amphitheater where the whole city gathered. It could hold about 24,000 people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-2928-29. Great is Diana of the Ephesians--the civic cry of a populace so proud of their temple that they refused to inscribe on it the name of Alexander the Great, though he offered them the whole spoil of his Eastern campaign if they would do it [Strabo in Howson].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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