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Acts 16:20

18 She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.

19 When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.

They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

21 by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”

22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
KJV
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
WEB
When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city
ASV
and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
DARBY
and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews,
BLB
And having brought them up to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city
ÅB
og de førte dem fram for styresmennene og sa: Disse mennesker forstyrrer rent vår by; de er jøder,
OTB
De førte dem til magistratene og sa: "Disse mennene er jøder og forårsaker problemer i vår by,
B1930
og de førte dem frem for styresmennene og sa: Disse mennesker forstyrrer rent vår by; de er jøder,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • James 4:4

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

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  • Romans 12:2

    Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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  • Acts 28:22

    But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

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  • John 15:18–20

    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

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  • Acts 17:6–8

    But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

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  • Matthew 2:3

    When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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  • 1 Kings 18:17–18

    When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

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  • Esther 3:8–9

    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

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