Acts 19:40

New Living Translation

I am afraid we are in danger of being charged with rioting by the Roman government, since there is no cause for all this commotion. And if Rome demands an explanation, we won’t know what to say.”

Cross References

1 Kings 1:41

Adonijah and his guests heard the celebrating and shouting just as they were finishing their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “What’s going on? Why is the city in such an uproar?”

Matthew 26:5

“But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”

Luke 1:1

Many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us.

Acts 19:39

And if there are complaints about other matters, they can be settled in a legal assembly.

Acts 19:41

Then he dismissed them, and they dispersed.

Acts 20:1

When the uproar was over, Paul sent for the believers and encouraged them. Then he said good-bye and left for Macedonia.

Acts 21:31

As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Acts 21:38

“Aren’t you the Egyptian who led a rebellion some time ago and took 4,000 members of the Assassins out into the desert?”

Acts 24:22

At that point Felix, who was quite familiar with the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “Wait until Lysias, the garrison commander, arrives. Then I will decide the case.”