Acts 19:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³¹ even some officials of the province of Asia who were friendly to him sent him a message urging him not to venture into the theater.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Even some of the Asiarchs (political or religious officials in Asia) who were his friends also sent to him and warned him not to risk venturing into the theater.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

Common English Bible

³¹ Even some officials of the province of Asia, who were Paul’s friends, sent word to him, urging him not to risk going into the theater.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ And some of the leaders from Asia, who were his friends, also sent to him, requesting that he not present himself in the amphitheatre.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And some also of the rulers of Asia, who were his friends, sent unto him, desiring that he would not venture himself into the theatre.

Acts 19:31 Cross References

Proverbs 16:7

When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.

Mark 1:40

A man with a skin disease came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

Acts 16:6

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.

Acts 19:10

This continued for two years, so that all the residents of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.

Acts 19:29

The city was filled with the confusion, and people rushed together to the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s travel companions.

Acts 19:30

Paul wished to go into the crowd, but the disciples would not let him;

Acts 19:32

Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

Acts 21:12

When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem.