Acts 19:37
35 Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
36 Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
38 So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
39 But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.
Sammenlign
- ÅB
- For dere har ført hit disse mennesker, som hverken er tempelranere eller spotter deres gudinne.
- OTB
- Dere har brakt disse mennene hit, selv om de verken har vanhelliget templer eller talt mot vår gudinne.
- B1930
- For I har ført hit disse mennesker, som hverken er tempelranere eller spotter eders gudinne.
- BSB
- For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
- KJV
- For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
- WEB
- For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
- ASV
- For ye have brought [hither] these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
- DARBY
- For ye have brought these men, [who are] neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of your goddess.
- BLB
- For you⁺ brought these men, neither temple plunderers nor blaspheming our goddess.
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Romans 2:22
You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Les i sammenheng2 Corinthians 6:3
We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.
Les i sammenheng1 Corinthians 10:32
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
Les i sammenhengActs 25:8
Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
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