Acts 16:19 Cross References - NSB

¹⁹ When her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

¹⁶ »I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. ¹⁷ »Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places. ¹⁸ »You will be taken before governors and kings for my sake. This will serve as a testimony to them and to the people of the nations.

⁹ »People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name’s sake.

⁹ »Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.

³ Saul ravaged the congregation. He entered every house and dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

¹⁶ »I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name.«

⁵ Then some of the people of the nations and Jews, together with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone them.

¹⁹ Jews from Antioch and Iconium took control of the crowd. They persuaded the people to stone Paul. Then they threw him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

²² The apostles and elders along with the whole congregation desired to send chosen men to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers.

²⁶ »These men have endangered their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁶ A young woman who had a spirit of divination met us as we were going to the place of prayer. She brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

⁶ When they did not find them they dragged Jason and other brothers before the rulers of the city. They said: »These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also.«

¹² When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat. ¹³ They said: »This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.«

²⁴ A man named Demetrius, a silversmith made silver shrines of Diana. He brought a lot of business to the craftsmen. ²⁵ They gathered together along with similar related workmen, and said: »Sirs, You know we receive a good income from this business. ²⁶ »You see and hear that Paul, in Ephesus and throughout all Asia, has persuaded and turned away many people. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all. ²⁷ »There is danger that our trade will lose its good name. The temple of the great goddess Artemis (Diana) would then become useless. The goddess who is worshiped in all Asia would be robbed of her divine majesty.«

³⁰ The entire city was aroused, and the people ran together from all directions. They laid hold on Paul and dragged him out of the Temple. Immediately the doors were shut.

⁵ in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting;

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

⁶ You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?