Acts 19:40

Good News Translation

For after what has happened today, there is the danger that we will be accused of a riot. There is no excuse for all this uproar, and we would not be able to give a good reason for it.”

Cross References

1 Kings 1:41

As Adonijah and all his guests were finishing the feast, they heard the noise. And when Joab heard the trumpet, he asked, “What's the meaning of all that noise in the city?”

Matthew 26:5

“We must not do it during the festival,” they said, “or the people will riot.”

Luke 1:1

Dear Theophilus: Many people have done their best to write a report of the things that have taken place among us.

Acts 19:39

But if there is something more that you want, it will have to be settled in a legal meeting of citizens.

Acts 19:41

After saying this, he dismissed the meeting.

Acts 20:1

After the uproar died down, Paul called together the believers and with words of encouragement said good-bye to them. Then he left and went on to Macedonia.

Acts 21:31

The mob was trying to kill Paul, when a report was sent up to the commander of the Roman troops that all of Jerusalem was rioting.

Acts 21:38

“Then you are not that Egyptian fellow who some time ago started a revolution and led four thousand armed terrorists out into the desert?”

Acts 24:22

Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, brought the hearing to a close. “When the commander Lysias arrives,” he told them, “I will decide your case.”