Acts 16:20

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Summary

Acts 16:20

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

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James 4:4

Bible References

Being

And he found a certain Jew {named} Aquila, {a native} of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italy {along with} Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, [and] he went to them.

But [when they] recognized that he was a Jew, they were shouting with one voice from all [of them] for about two hours, "Great [is] Artemis of the Ephesians!"

be it known to the king that the Jews who have come up from near you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and wicked city. They are finishing the wall and repairing the foundation.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all of the provinces of your kingdom; their laws [are] different from every [other] people, and they do not {observe} the laws of the king; it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.

Do

And [when they] did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, "These [people] who have stirred up trouble [throughout] the world have come here also,

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere."

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?"

And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before [it hated] you.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes [himself] an enemy of God.