Atti 19:30

30 Or Paolo voleva presentarsi al popolo; ma i discepoli non gliel permisero.

Atti 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.

Atti 19:30 In-Context

28 Ed essi, udite queste cose, ed essendo ripieni d’ira, gridarono, dicendo: Grande è la Diana degli Efesi.

29 E tutta la città fu ripiena di confusione; e tratti a forza Gaio, ed Aristarco, Macedoni, compagni del viaggio di Paolo, corsero di pari consentimento a furore nel teatro.

30 Or Paolo voleva presentarsi al popolo; ma i discepoli non gliel permisero.

31 Alcuni eziandio degli Asiarchi, che gli erano amici, mandarono a lui, pregandolo che non si presentasse nel teatro.

32 Gli uni adunque gridavano una cosa, gli altri un’altra; perciocchè la raunanza era confusa; ed i più non sapevano per qual cagione fosser raunati.