Acts 16:20 - Easy To Read Version The men brought Paul and Silas to the leaders and said, “These men are Jews. They are making trouble in our city. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when they had brought them before the magistrates, they declared, These fellows are Jews and they are throwing our city into great confusion. American Standard Version (1901) and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, Common English Bible When her owners approached the legal authorities, they said, “These people are causing an uproar in our city. They are Jews Catholic Public Domain Version And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: "These men are disturbing our city, since they are Jews. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews; |
Then those royal officials that heard the things Jeremiah was telling the people went to King Zedekiah. They said to the king, “Jeremiah must be put to death. He is making the soldiers that are still in the city become discouraged. Jeremiah is discouraging everyone by the things he is saying. Jeremiah does not want good to happen to us. He wants to ruin the people of Jerusalem.”
King Herod {\cf2\super [18]} heard about this new king of the Jews. Herod was troubled about this. And all the people in Jerusalem were worried too.
The men that owned the servant girl saw this. These men knew that now they could not use her to make money. So they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into the meeting place of the city. The city officials were there.
They are telling the people to do things that are not right for us. We are Roman citizens and cannot do these things.”
In Corinth Paul met a Jewish man named Aquila. Aquila was born in the country of Pontus. But Aquila and his wife, Priscilla, had recently moved \{to Corinth\} from Italy. They left Italy because Claudius {\cf2\super [358]} commanded that all Jews must leave Rome. Paul went to visit Aquila and Priscilla.
But when the people saw that Alexander was a Jew, they all began shouting the same thing. They continued shouting for two hours. The people said, “Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis of Ephesus! Great is Artemis …!”
We want to hear your ideas. We know that people everywhere are speaking against this group (Christians).”
Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world. But let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what things are good and pleasing to God and what things are perfect.
So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.