Acts 19:30

New International Reader's Version

Paul wanted to appear in front of the crowd. But the believers wouldn’t let him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to save David. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men made a promise. They said to David, “We never want you to go out with us to battle again. You are the lamp of Israel’s kingdom. We want that lamp to keep on burning brightly.”

Acts 19:31

Some of the officials in Asia Minor were friends of Paul. They sent him a message, begging him not to go into the theater.

Acts 19:9

But some of them wouldn’t listen. They refused to believe. In public they said evil things about the Way of Jesus. So Paul left them. He took the believers with him. Each day he talked with people in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Acts 21:39

Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia. I am a citizen of an important city. Please let me speak to the people.”