ACTS 19:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.”
The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and some of them shouted instructions to him — He motioned for silence in order to make a defense before the people — The Ephesian Jews' attempt to distance themselves from Christian Paul by scripting a Jewish apology suggests defensive maneuvering. Alexander's gesture (neōo, to nod or make a sign) seeks to address the crowd.
Church Fathers on Acts 19:31
And certain of the Asiarchs, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre Acts 19:31 to a disorderly populace and tumult. And Paul complies, for he was not vainglorious, nor ambitious. Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused. Such is the nature of the multitude: it recklessly follows, like fire when it has fallen upon fuel; and the more part knew not wherefore they had come…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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