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Acts 16:20 Cross-References
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“And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”
Acts 16:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Acts 16:20
These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city (οὗτοι οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἐκταράσσουσιν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν Ἰουδαῖοι ὑπάρχοντες)—The charge weaponizes ethnic prejudice against Paul and Silas. The Greek ektarassō (thoroughly disturb/throw into confusion) exaggerates the threat, while identifying them as Ioudaioi (Jews) frames the conflict as ethnic rather than economic.This is historical irony: the slave-owners, who profited from demonic exploitation, accuse the liberators of disturbing civic peace. Their appeal to Roman magistrates invokes antisemitic sentiment (Jews had been expelled from Rome und...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Acts 16:20
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“don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”
“but be transformed by the renewing of your mind”
“as concerning this sect”
“you know that it has hated me before it hated you.”
“when Ahab saw Elijah”
“a man of Pontus by race”
“that the Jews who came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city”
“they dragged Jason and certain brothers{The word for brothers here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated brothers and sisters or siblings.} before the rulers of the city”
“There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them., וַיֹּאמֶר הָמָן לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ יֶשְׁנוֹ עַם־אֶחָד מְפֻזָּר וּמְפֹרָד בֵּין הָעַמִּים בְּכֹל מְדִינוֹת מַלְכוּתֶךָ וְדָתֵיהֶם שֹׁנוֹת מִכָּל־עָם וְאֶת־דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵינָם עֹשִׂים וְלַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין־שֹׁוֶה לְהַנִּיחָם׃ ,And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus: There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it profiteth not the king to suffer them.”
“all with one voice for a time of about two hours cried out”