Acts 19:30

30 Paulo autem volente intrare in populum non permiserunt discipuli

Acts 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.

Acts 19:30 In-Context

28 his auditis repleti sunt ira et exclamaverunt dicentes magna Diana Ephesiorum

29 et impleta est civitas confusione et impetum fecerunt uno animo in theatrum rapto Gaio et Aristarcho Macedonibus comitibus Pauli

30 Paulo autem volente intrare in populum non permiserunt discipuli

31 quidam autem et de Asiae principibus qui erant amici eius miserunt ad eum rogantes ne se daret in theatrum

32 alii autem aliud clamabant erat enim ecclesia confusa et plures nesciebant qua ex causa convenissent