Acts 17:5 Cross References - Rotherham

⁵ But the Jews, being, jealous, and taking unto themselves certain wicked men, of the rabble, and making a riot, were setting the city in an uproar; and, besieging the house of Jason, were seeking to lead them forth unto the populace,––

⁴ So they gave him seventy pieces of silver, out of the house of Baal–berith,––and Abimelech hired therewith, loose and unstable men, and they followed him.

¹ But, now, they who are of fewer days than I, have poured derision upon me; whose fathers I refused––to set with the dogs of my flock. ² Even the strength of their hands, wherefore was it mine? Upon them, vigour was lost; ³ In want and hunger, they were lean,––who used to gnaw the dry ground, a dark night of desolation! ⁴ Who used to pluck off the mallow by the bushes, with the root of the broom for their food; ⁵ Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief; ⁶ In the fissures, of the ravines had they to dwell, in holes of dust and crags; ⁷ Among the bushes, used they to shriek, Under the bramble, were they huddled together: ⁸ Sons of the base, yea sons of the nameless, they were scourged out of the land. ⁹ But, now, their song, have I become, Yea I serve them for a byword; ¹⁰ They abhor me––have put themselves far from me, and, from my face, have not withheld––spittle!

¹⁵ But, in mine overthrow, have they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together,––There gathered themselves together against me foolish men, and I knew it not, They have torn in pieces, and not been silent;

¹² They who sit in the gate talk against me,––And [against me are] the songs of them who imbibe strong drink.

³⁰ The life of the whole body, is a tranquil mind, but, a decay of the bones, is jealousy.

¹¹ O Yahweh, though thy hand be lifted up,––yet do they not see, Would they might see––and turn pale at a people’s zeal,––Surely, the fire of thine enemies, must consume them!

¹⁸ For he knew that, for envy, they had delivered him up.

⁹ And, the patriarchs, being jealous of Joseph, gave him up into Egypt; and, God, was, with him,

⁴⁵ But, the Jews, seeing, the multitudes, were filled with jealousy,––and began speaking against the things which, by Paul, were being spoken, defaming them.

² But, the unpersuaded Jews, roused up and provoked the souls of them of the nations against the brethren.

¹⁹ But there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and, persuading the multitudes, and stoning Paul, they dragged him outside the city, supposing him to be dead.

⁷ unto whom Jason hath given welcome; and, these all, contrary to the decrees of Caesar, are acting,––saying that there is another king, Jesus.

¹³ But, when the Jews from Thessalonica came to know that, in Beroea also, had the word of God been declared by Paul, they came thither also, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.

¹² But, when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews, with one accord, set upon Paul, and led him unto the judgment–seat,

²⁴ For, one Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making [silver] shrines, of Diana, used to bring unto the craftsmen no little business; ²⁵ gathering whom together, and them who in such things wrought, he said––Men! ye well know that, by this business, we have our prosperity; ²⁶ and ye perceive and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but well–nigh in all Asia, this Paul, hath persuaded and turned away a considerable multitude, saying that they are, no gods, which, with hands, are made. ²⁷ And, not only is there danger that this our heritage into ill–repute may come, but even that the temple, of the great Goddess Diana, for nothing, may be counted; also that, even on the point of being pulled down, may be Her Majesty, whom, all Asia and the habitable world, do worship. ²⁸ Now, hearing this, and becoming full of wrath, they began crying aloud, saying––Great, is Diana of the Ephesians! ²⁹ And the city was filled with the confusion; they rushed also with one accord into the theatre, carrying off with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, fellow–travellers of Paul. ³⁰ But, Paul, being minded to enter in among the populace, the disciples would not suffer him. ³¹ Moreover, certain of the Asiarchs also, being his friends, sending unto him, were beseeching him not to adventure himself into the theatre. ³² Others, indeed, were crying out something else; for the assembly had become confused, and, the greater part, knew not for what cause they had come together. ³³ Howbeit, out of the multitude, they bare aloft one Alexander, the Jews thrusting him forward; Alexander, however, waving his hand, was wishing to make his defense unto the populace. ³⁴ But, recognizing that he was a Jew, one voice arose from all for about two hours, as they cried aloud––Great, is Diana of the Ephesians!

⁴⁰ For we are, even in danger of being accused of riot, concerning this day, no cause at all, existing, by reference to which we shall be able to give a reason for this concourse.

²¹ There salute you––Timothy, my fellow–worker, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

³ For ye are yet fleshly. For, whereas there are, among you, jealousy and strife, are ye not, fleshly, and, after the manner of men, walking?

²¹ envyings, drunkenness, revellings; ––and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you,––that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God’s kingdom.

²⁶ Let us not become vain–glorious,––one another, challenging, one another, envying.

¹⁴ For, ye, became, imitators, brethren, of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea, in Christ Jesus, in that, the same things, ye, also suffered by your own fellow–countrymen, even as, they, also by the Jews: ¹⁵ Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus––and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary,–– ¹⁶ Hindering us from speaking, unto the nations, that they might be saved, to the filling up of their own sins, continually; but anger hath overtaken them at length.

⁵ Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave?