All the people in the city became upset. The people grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus. (These two men were from Macedonia and were traveling with Paul.) Then all the people ran to the stadium.
Acts 19:32 - Easy To Read Version Some people were yelling one thing and other people were yelling other things. The meeting was very confused. Most of the people did not know why they had come there. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now some shouted one thing and some another, for the gathering was in a tumult and most of them did not know why they had come together. American Standard Version (1901) Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. Common English Bible Meanwhile, the assembly was in a state of confusion. Some shouted one thing, others shouted something else, and most of the crowd didn’t know why they had gathered. Catholic Public Domain Version But others were crying out various things. For the assembly was in confusion, and most did not know the reason they had been called together. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now some cried one thing, some another. For the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not for what cause they were come together. |
All the people in the city became upset. The people grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus. (These two men were from Macedonia and were traveling with Paul.) Then all the people ran to the stadium.
Also, some leaders of the country were friends of Paul. These leaders sent him a message. They told Paul not to go into the stadium.
I say this because some person might see this trouble today and say that we are rioting (making trouble). We could not explain all this trouble, because there is no real reason for this meeting.”
Some people there were yelling one thing and other people were yelling other things. Because of all this confusion and shouting, the commander could not learn the truth about what had happened. So the commander told the soldiers to take Paul to the army building.