Acts 16:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil”
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“They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”
King James Version · Public Domain“and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, `These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 16:20 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 18:17When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
- Ezra 4:12Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came from you to us have returned to Jerusalem. And they are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city, restoring its walls, and repairing its foundations.
- Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Matthew 2:3When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- Acts 17:6But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
- Acts 18:2There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
- Acts 19:34But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Acts 28:22But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
- Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
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