Hechos 19:30

30 Cuando Pablo quiso ir a la asamblea, los discípulos no se lo permitieron.

Hechos 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.

Hechos 19:30 In-Context

28 Cuando oyeron esto, se llenaron de ira, y gritaban, diciendo: ¡Grande es Diana de los efesios!

29 Y la ciudad se llenó de confusión, y a una se precipitaron en el teatro, arrastrando consigo a Gayo y a Aristarco, los compañeros de viaje de Pablo, que eran de Macedonia.

30 Cuando Pablo quiso ir a la asamblea, los discípulos no se lo permitieron.

31 También algunos de los asiarcas , que eran amigos de Pablo, enviaron a él y repetidamente le rogaron que no se aventurara a presentarse en el teatro.

32 Así que unos gritaban una cosa y otros otra, porque había confusión en la asamblea, y la mayoría no sabía por qué razón se habían reunido.