Acts 19:37
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
Acts 19:37 in other translations
| BSB | For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess. |
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| WEB | For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess. |
| ASV | For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess. |
| YLT | ‘For ye brought these men, who are neither temple-robbers nor speaking evil of your goddess; |
| DARBY | For ye have brought these men, who are neither temple-plunderers, nor speak injuriously of yourgoddess. |
| BBE | For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess. |
| Webster | For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. |
What does Acts 19:37 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 19:35-41
35-41. when the town-clerk--keeper of the public archives, and a magistrate of great authority. had appeased--"calmed." the people--"the multitude," which the very presence of such an officer would go far to do. he said ... what man ... knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana--literally, the neocoros or "warden." The word means "temple-sweeper"; then, "temple-guardian."…
Barnes' Notes
Which are neither robbers of churches. The word churches we now apply to edifices reared for purposes of Christian worship. As no such churches had then been built, this translation is unhappy, and is not at all demanded by the original. The Greek word--ιεροσυλους--is applied properly to those who commit sacrilege, who plunder temples of their sacred things. The meaning here is, that Paul and his companions had not been guilty of robbing the temple of Diana, or any other temple. The charge of sacrilege could not be brought against them. Though they had preached against idols and idol worship, yet they had offered no violence to the temples of idolaters, nor had they attempted to strip them of the sacred utensils employed in their service. What they had done, they had done peaceably.
Nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. They had not used harsh or reproachful language of Diana. This had not been charged on them, nor is there the least evidence that they had done it. They had opposed idolatry; had reasoned against it; and had endeavoured to turn the people from it. But there is not the least evidence that they had ever done it in harsh or reproachful language. And it shows that men should employ reason, and not harsh or reproachful language against any pervading evil; and that the way to remove it is to enlighten the minds of men, and to @convince them of the error of their ways. Men gain nothing by bitter and reviling words; and it is much to obtain the testimony of even the enemies of religion--as Paul did of the chancellor of Ephesus--that no such words had been used in describing their crimes and follies.
(c) "neither robbers of churches" Acts 25:8 (*) "churches" "temples"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 19:32-41
The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are thus careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and are afraid of being taken for them, shall have their doom accordingly in the great day. One, having authority, at length stilled the noise. It is a very good rule at all times, both in private and public affairs, not to be hasty and rash in our motions, but to take time to consider; and…
Acts 19:37 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 19:37
- Romans 2:22
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
- 2 Corinthians 6:3
Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
- 1 Corinthians 10:32
Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
- Acts 25:8
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at all.
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Context
- Acts 19:36
Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
- Acts 19:37
For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
- Acts 19:38
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
Acts 19:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Pues habéis traído á estos hombres, sin ser sacrílegos ni blasfemadores de vuestra diosa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car vous avez amené ces hommes qui ne sont ni des voleurs sacrilèges, ni des blasphémateurs de votre déesse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ihr habt diese Männer hergeführt, die weder Tempelräuber sind, noch eure Göttin lästern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Adduxistis enim homines istos, neque sacrilegos, neque blasphemantes deam vestram. |