Acts 16:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When her owners realised that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when her owners discovered that their hope of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the forum (marketplace), [where trials are held]. American Standard Version (1901) But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers, Common English Bible Her owners realized that their hope for making money was gone. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the officials in the city center. Catholic Public Domain Version But her masters, seeing that the hope of their profit went away, apprehended Paul and Silas, and they brought them to the rulers at the courthouse. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain was gone, apprehending Paul and Silas, brought them into the marketplace to the rulers. |
So they approached the king and asked about his edict: ‘Didn’t you sign an edict that for thirty days any person who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den? ’ The king answered, ‘As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands and is irrevocable.’
‘Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.
‘But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts, , and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,
Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, decided to select men who were among them and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, called Barsabbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brothers.
But Paul chose Silas and departed, after being commended by the brothers and sisters to the grace of the Lord.
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.
Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, ‘These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
The jailer called for lights, rushed in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, ‘These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul, dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
Saul, however, was ravaging the church. He would enter house after house, drag off men and women, and put them in prison.
by beatings, by imprisonments, by riots, by labours, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
since you are engaged in the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have.
On the contrary, after we had previously suffered and were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
Yet you have dishonoured the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court?