Acts 16:20

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,

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WEBBE

When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city

BSB

They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

KJV

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

ASV

and when they had brought them unto the magistrates, they said, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

BBE

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;

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καὶ kai and G2532 προσαγαγόντες prosagagontes having brought up G4317 αὐτοὺς autous them G846 τοῖς tois to the G3588 στρατηγοῖς stratēgois magistrates G4755 εἶπαν eipan they said G2036 οὗτοι houtoi These G3778 οἱ hoi (the) G3588 ἄνθρωποι anthrōpoi men G444 ἐκταράσσουσιν ektarassousin exceedingly trouble G1613 ἡμῶν hēmōn of us G3165 τὴν tēn the G3588 πόλιν polin city G4172 Ἰουδαῖοι Ioudaioi Jews G2453 ὑπάρχοντες huparchontes being G5225

The early church

"These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city!": by doing what? Then why did you not drag them hither before this? "Being Jews": the name was in bad odor.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 16–24

Satan, though the father of lies, will declare the most important truths, when he can thereby serve his purposes. But much mischief is done to the real servants of Christ, by unholy and false preachers of the gospel, who are confounded with them by careless observers. Those who do good by drawing men from sin, may expect to be reviled as troublers of the city. While they teach men to fear God, to believe in Christ, to forsake sin, and to live godly lives, they will be accused of teaching bad customs.

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Topics

FalsehoodAccusation, FalseFalse TeachersIndictmentsHeresyMagistrate

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.