Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
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Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet and to do nothing rash.
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Seinge then that no man sayth here agaynst ye ought to be content and to do nothinge rasshly:
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Seeing then that no man can speake against these things, ye ought to be appeased, and to doe nothing rashly.
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Passages linked to Acts 19:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 14:29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
- Proverbs 25:8 Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
- Acts 5:35-39 He said to them, “You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do. For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad. Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown. But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken…
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Ver. 36. Ye ought to be quiet] Or, sedate, composed, kept within compass, "to do nothing rashly or headlongly:" Temeritas enim comitem την μετανοιαν εχει.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He did there cunningly than honestly endeavour to evade…
He did there cunningly than honestly endeavour to evade their clamour, and still their rage, by telling them (how fallaciously soever), that neither Paul, nor any other Christian or Jew, had any quarrel with their goddess or worship. For they indeed were against all images that were made with hands; but theirs was not such a one, it being fallen down from heaven. We must consider he was but a pagan; and his design was only to still the people; and populus vult decipi.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For we are in danger of being called in…
For we are in danger of being called in question,.... Or are liable to be called to an account, reproved, and punished by the Roman proconsul, appointed over this city, or by the Roman emperor, or the Roman senate: for this day's uproar; it being capable of being interpreted as a riot, tumult, and sedition:
there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse: or no reason can be assigned, why such a number of people should gather together; none can be given that will justify it, or that can be alleged in favour of it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Seeing then ... - Since no one can call…
Seeing then ... - Since no one can call in question the zeal of the Ephesians on this subject, or doubt the sincerity of their belief, and since there can be no danger that this well-established worship is to be destroyed by the efforts of a few evil-disposed Jews, there is no occasion for this tumult.
Be quiet - Be appeased. The same Greek word which is used in Acts . Act 19:35, “had appeased the people.”
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To do nothing rashly - To do nothing in a heated, inconsiderate manner. There is no occasion for tumult and riot. The whole difficulty can be settled in perfect consistency with the maintenance of order.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Seeing that these things cannot be spoken against, &c.--Like…
Seeing that these things cannot be spoken against, &c.--Like a true legal man, he urges that such was notoriously the constitution and fixed character of the city, with which its very existence was all but bound up. Did they suppose that all this was going to be overturned by a set of itinerant orators? Ridiculous! What did they mean, then, by raising such a stir?
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. Seeing … cannot be spoken against] Better, gainsaid…
36. Seeing … cannot be spoken against] Better, gainsaid with Rev. Ver. Paul had spoken, and others would speak, against the worship, nobody could gainsay the facts, they were incontrovertible.
ye ought to be quiet] The verb is the same as is used in Act_19:35, of his own quieting the people, which is another reason why the rendering there should be changed.
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and to do nothing rashly] The last word is better taken as an adjective, “rash.” The word describes the headstrong, outrageous uproar for which there was no reason, and from which no good could come, and also their conduct in seizing two persons who were not the offenders and against whom, as it appears, they could take no proceedings.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken…
(36) Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against . . .—The language of the town-clerk has the ring of an official acceptance of the established cultus rather than of any strong personal devotion. Such language has often been heard from the defenders of institutions which were almost on the verge of ruin.
Ye ought to be quiet.—The verb is the same as that of the transitive “appeased” in Act_19:35. In the exhortation “to do nothing rashly” we hear the voico of a worldly prudence, reminding us partly, as has been said, of Gamaliel, partly of the well-known maxim of Talleyrand, Surtout, point de zele.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Gainsaid for spoken against, A.V.; rash for rashly, A.V.…
Gainsaid for spoken against, A.V.; rash for rashly, A.V. (propetwv is the adverb), quiet (katestalmenouv: see above, ver. 35, note).
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 35
See notes on verse 35
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