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Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet and do nothing rashly;
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for ye have brought hither these men who are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
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Therefore if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against any man, the law is open and there are deputies. Let them implead one another.
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But if ye inquire of anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
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For we are in danger of being called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we can give an account of this concourse."
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And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.