Acts 16:20

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And when they brought them before the city officials, they made this charge [against them]: “These Jewish men are causing too much trouble in our city,

Cross References

Matthew 2:3

And when King Herod heard this, he and the entire city of Jerusalem were [very] upset.

Acts 16:19

But when the girl’s slave-owners saw that their prospects for income [from her activities] were [now] gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the open shopping market, in front of the authorities.

Acts 16:21

and they are teaching people to observe customs which we Romans are not permitted to accept or practice.”

Acts 18:2

There he met a certain Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, [in northern Asia Minor] who, with his wife Priscilla, had recently come from Rome, because Claudius [the Roman Emperor] had ordered all Jews out of that city. Paul met this couple

Acts 19:34

But when the crowd realized that he was a Jew, they all joined together for about two hours shouting, “Great is [the goddess] Artemis, of the Ephesians.”

Acts 28:22

But we would like to hear what you think, for according to our knowledge, this sect [you belong to] is being spoken against everywhere.”

Romans 12:2

And you people must not be conformed to [the values and standards of] this age, but you should become transformed [i.e., changed in attitude and action] by having your mind renewed [i.e., to think in a totally different way]. Then you will be able to determine [and practice] God’s will, the thing that is good, and acceptable and perfect.

James 4:4

You people who have become unfaithful to God, do you not know that being [intimate] friends with the world [of sin] means hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever determines to be an [intimate] friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.