Acts 19:31 Moreover, even some of the annually elected officials who presided over and funded the public games and religious festivals in the province of Asia note: called Asiarchs, they acted as high priests of the cult of the goddess Roma, and of the Emperor cult, being friendly to him and having affection for him, were sending word to him, continuing in offering assistance, as well as entreating him (= kept on insisting for him) not to give himself unto the theater (or: not to venture into the theater).

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ³¹ Moreover, even some of the annually elected officials who presided over and funded the public games and religious festivals in the province of Asia [note: called Asiarchs, they acted as high priests of the cult of the goddess Roma, and of the Emperor cult], being friendly to him and having affection for him, were sending [word] to him, continuing in offering assistance, as well as entreating him (= kept on insisting for him) not to give himself unto the theater (or: not to venture into the theater).