When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
Acts 19:38 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If therefore Demetrius and the artisans with him have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges there against one another. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now then, if Demetrius and his fellow tradesmen who are with him have a grievance against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are [available]; let them bring charges against one another [legally]. American Standard Version (1901) If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another. Common English Bible Therefore, if Demetrius and the craftspeople with him have a charge against anyone, the courts are in session and governors are available. They can press charges against each other there. Catholic Public Domain Version But if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, they can convene in the courts, and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse one another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if Demetrius and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, the courts of justice are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another. |
When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man who summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
But the magician Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of crime or serious villainy, I would be justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,
A man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the artisans.
If there is anything further you want to know, it must be settled in the regular assembly.
When any of you has a grievance against another, do you dare to take it to court before the unrighteous, instead of taking it before the saints?
“If a judicial decision is too difficult for you to make between one kind of bloodshed and another, one kind of legal right and another, or one kind of assault and another—any such matters of dispute in your towns—then you shall immediately go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose,