ACTS 19:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.”
The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another — Most of the people did not even know why they were there — Luke's portrait of mob irrationality: confusion (synchyses, disorder), contradictory shouts, and ignorance ('did not know why they were there') reveal crowds' fundamental incoherence.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:30
And cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. And the whole city was filled with confusion: and rushed with one accord into the theatre. Acts 19:29. Such is the way with vulgar minds, any trivial occasion shall hurry them away and inflame their passions. Therefore it behooves to do (things) with (strict) examination. But see how contemptible they were, to be so exposed to all (excitements)! Having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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