Atos 19:30

30 Querendo Paulo apresentar-se ao povo, os discípulos não lho permitiram.

Atos 19:30 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 19:30

And when Paul would have entered in unto the people
In the theatre, in order to have preached to the people, and to have removed their prejudices against him, and the Gospel preached by him, and to have shown them the error and evil of their idolatrous ways and worship, and to have reconciled them to him, and his friends, and to have persuaded them to do them no hurt; which shows the apostle's greatness of soul, his firmness, constancy, and intrepidity, and his great concern and affection for his companions, to risk his life in this manner: but

the disciples suffered him not;
the believers, the members of the church at Ephesus would by no means agree to it, but dissuaded him from it; who hereby, on their part, showed great love to him, and what a value they had for him, and how much they esteemed the life of so great an apostle, and faithful preacher of the Gospel. The Ethiopic version renders it, "the apostles prohibited him"; but there were none of that office with him.

Atos 19:30 In-Context

28 Ao ouvirem isso, encheram-se de ira, e clamavam, dizendo: Grande é a Diana dos efésios!

29 A cidade encheu-se de confusão, e todos � uma correram ao teatro, arrebatando a Gaio e a Aristarco, macedônios, companheiros de Paulo na viagem.

30 Querendo Paulo apresentar-se ao povo, os discípulos não lho permitiram.

31 Também alguns dos asiarcas, sendo amigos dele, mandaram rogar-lhe que não se arriscasse a ir ao teatro.

32 Uns, pois, gritavam de um modo, outros de outro; porque a assembléia estava em confusão, e a maior parte deles nem sabia por que causa se tinham ajuntado.