Acts 19:29

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 a danger that this trade of ours might come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be considered as nothing. She whom all Asia and the world worships might even be thrown down from her majesty.” 28When they heard, they were filled with fury and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” The city was filled with confusion. They rushed into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were travel companions of Paul. 30Paul was wishing to enter among the crowd, but the disciples would not let him. 31Some of the chiefs of Asia, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to surrender himself in the theater.

Acts 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 cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most did not know why they had come together.
• Acts 17:8Hearing these things, the crowd and the city officials were confused.
• Acts 21:30The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They grabbed Paul and dragged him out of the Temple, and the gates were shut at once.
• Romans 16:23Gaius, host to me and the whole community, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, greets you, and so does brother Quartus.
• 1 Corinthians 1:14I thank God that I immersed none of you, except Crispus and Gaius,
• Acts 20:4Sopater of Berea, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; as well as Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonica; Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia.
• Acts 27:2So we boarded a ship from Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, and we set out to sea—accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.
• Colossians 4:10My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You received instructions about him—if he comes your way, welcome him.)
• Philemon 1:24So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers.
• 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has put us, the emissaries, on display last of all—like men sentenced to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

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

Topics related to Acts 19:29

• Aristarchus
• Demetrius
• Gaius
• Mob
• Paul
• Prudence
• Theater

In the dictionaries

• Macedonia
• Adjure
• Aristarchus
• Beast
• Concourse
• Confused
• Confusion
• Craft
• Curious
• Danger

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