Actes 19:30

30 Or Paul voulait se présenter devant le peuple; mais les disciples ne le lui permirent pas.

Actes 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.

Actes 19:30 In-Context

28 Ayant entendu cela, ils furent transportés de colère, et ils s'écrièrent: Grande est la Diane des Éphésiens!

29 Et toute la ville fut remplie de confusion; et ils coururent tous ensemble au théâtre, entraînant avec eux Gaïus et Aristarque, Macédoniens, compagnons de voyage de Paul.

30 Or Paul voulait se présenter devant le peuple; mais les disciples ne le lui permirent pas.

31 Et même quelques-uns des Asiarques, qui étaient ses amis, l'envoyèrent prier de ne point se rendre dans le théâtre.

32 Cependant, les uns criaient d'une manière, et les autres d'une autre; car l'assemblée était tumultueuse, et la plupart ne savaient pas pourquoi ils étaient assemblés.