Now when Paul desired to enter into the people, the disciples would not permit him.
And also some of the officials of Asia, being friends with him, sent word to him and urged him not to present himself in the theater.
But when some became hardened and disbelieving, speaking evil against the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, each day debating in the school of a certain Tyrannus.
But Paul said, "I am a Jew from Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city; and I request of you, permit me to speak to the people."