Acts 19:40 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 19:40

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day’s riot, there being no cause for it: and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.

KJV

For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For we are in danger of being called in question,.... Or are liable to be called to an account, reproved, and punished by the Roman proconsul, appointed over this city, or by the Roman emperor, or the Roman senate: for this day's uproar; it being capable of being interpreted as a riot, tumult, and sedition: there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse: or no reason can be assigned, why such a number of people should gather together; none can be given that will justify it, or that can be alleged in favour of it.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

He gently rebukes them, showing that they acted rashly and that it was not proper to hold a public assembly for private reasons.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For we are in danger, etc. - Popular commotions were always dreaded by the Roman government; and so they should by all governments; for, when might has nothing to direct its operations but passion, how destructive must these operations be! One of the Roman laws made all such commotions of the people capital offenses against those who raised them.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
κινδυνεύομεν	kinduneuomen	we are in danger of	G2793 →
ἐγκαλεῖσθαι	egkaleisthai	being accused	G1458 →
στάσεως	staseōs	of insurrection	G4714 →
περὶ	peri	in regard to	G4012 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
σήμερον	sēmeron	this day	G4594 →
μηδενὸς	mēdenos	not one	G3367 →
αἰτίου	aitiou	cause	G159 →
ὑπάρχοντος	huparchontos	there is existing	G5225 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
οὗ	hou	which	G3739 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
δυνησόμεθα	dunēsometha	we will be able	G1410 →
ἀποδοῦναι	apodounai	to render	G591 →
λόγον	logon	a reason	G3056 →
περὶ	peri	for	G4012 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
συστροφῆς	sustrophēs	commotion	G4963 →
ταύτης.	tautēs	this.	G3778 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 20:1
When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 7:5
  For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- Acts 19:21
  After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as…
- 1 Timothy 1:3
  As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines
- Romans 16:16
  Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send you greetings.
Through
Acts 21:38
“Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ‘Assassins’ into the wilderness?”
leads to
- Matthew 24:26
  So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
- Acts 5:36–37
  Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
Through
Acts 21:31
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:23–33
  Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of…
- Acts 17:5
  The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas,…

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts