You’ve brought these men here, but they haven’t robbed any temples or insulted our goddess.
We don’t put anything in anyone’s way, so no one should find fault with our work.
You say that people shouldn’t commit adultery, but you commit adultery! You hate statues of gods, but you rob temples!
Don’t do anything that causes other people to trip and fall, whether Jews or Greeks or God’s church.
Then Paul spoke up for himself. He said, “I haven’t done anything wrong against the law of the Jews or their temple, and I haven’t done anything wrong against Caesar.”
No one can question that, so calm down and don’t do anything foolish.