31and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.


In Context

28 And having heard this, and being filled with rage, they cried out, saying, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.

29 And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord to the theatre, having seized and carried off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow-travellers of Paul.

30 But Paul intending to go in to the people, the disciples suffered him not;

31 and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

32 Different persons therefore cried out some different thing; for the assembly was tumultuous, and the most did not know for what cause they had come together.

33 But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.

Acts 19:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:31And 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:31Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:31And some also of the rulers of Asia, who were his friends, sent unto him, desiring that he would not venture himself into the theatre.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:31And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:31And certain also of the chief officers of Asia, being his friends, sent unto him, and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:31And certain of the chief of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:31Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:31and certain also of the chief men of Asia, being his friends, having sent unto him, were entreating him not to venture himself into the theatre.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:31And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent to him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.