Acts 19 · Verse 23

Acts 19:23

And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.
Acts 19:23, King James Version

Acts 19:23 in other translations

BSBAbout that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
WEBAbout that time there arose no small disturbance concerning the Way.
ASVAnd about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
YLTAnd there came, at that time, not a little stir about the way,
DARBYAnd there took place at that time no small disturbance about the way.
BBEAnd about that time a great outcry took place about the Way.
WebsterAnd the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

What does Acts 19:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. the same time--of Paul's proposed departure. about that--"the" way--So the new religion seemed then to be designated (Ac 9:2; 22:4; 24:14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 23. No small stir. No little excitement, disturbance, or tumult, ταραχος Comp. Acts 17:4,5.

About that way. Respecting the doctrines of Christianity which Paul preached. Acts 9:2, 18:26, 19:9.

(*) "stir" "disturbance" (a) "about that" 2Cor 1:8, 6:9 (+) "way" "doctrine"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 No small stir about that way - Concerning the Gospel, which the apostles preached; and which is termed this way, Act 9:2, where see the note.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 19:21-31

Persons who came from afar to pay their devotions at the temple of Ephesus, bought little silver shrines, or models of the temple, to carry home with them. See how craftsmen make advantage to themselves of people's superstition, and serve their worldly ends by it. Men are jealous for that by which they get their wealth; and many set themselves against the gospel of Christ, because it calls men from all unlawful…

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Acts 19:23 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἘγένετοEgenetoAroseG1096
δὲdenowG1161
κατὰkataatG2596
τὸνtontheG3588
καιρὸνkairontimeG2540
ἐκεῖνονekeinonsameG1565
τάραχοςtarachosa disturbanceG5017
οὐκouknotG3756
ὀλίγοςoligossmallG3641
περὶpericoncerningG4012
τῆςtēstheG3588
ὁδοῦ.¶hodouWay.G3598

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 19:23

  • Acts 24:22

    And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.

  • Acts 19:9

    But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

  • Acts 9:2

    And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

  • Acts 24:14

    But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8-10

    For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  • 2 Corinthians 6:9

    As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

  • Acts 18:26

    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

  • Acts 22:4

    And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
there.
2Co 1:8-10; 6:9
that.
9; 9:2; 18:26; 22:4; 24:14,22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Acts 19:22

    So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.

  • Acts 19:23

    And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

  • Acts 19:24

    For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

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Acts 19:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces hubo un alboroto no pequeño acerca del Camino.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Or il y eut en ce temps-là un grand trouble au sujet de la voie;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Es entstand aber um jene Zeit ein nicht geringer Lärm betreffs des Weges.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Facta est autem illo tempore turbatio non minima de via Domini.