Acts 19:32
New International Version
The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there.

New Living Translation
Inside, the people were all shouting, some one thing and some another. Everything was in confusion. In fact, most of them didn’t even know why they were there.

English Standard Version
Now some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

Berean Literal Bible
So some indeed were crying out one thing; others another. For the assembly was confused, and most did not know for what cause they were assembled.

King James Bible
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

New King James Version
Some therefore cried one thing and some another, for the assembly was confused, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

New American Standard Bible
So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.

NASB 1995
So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.

NASB 1977
So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and the majority did not know for what cause they had come together.

Legacy Standard Bible
So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the meeting was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.

Amplified Bible
Now some shouted one thing and some another, for the gathering was in confusion and most of the people did not know why they had come together.

Christian Standard Bible
Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

American Standard Version
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the crowds that were in the theater were very chaotic and they were shouting to each other, but many of them did not know why they had assembled.

Contemporary English Version
Some of the people in the meeting were shouting one thing, and others were shouting something else. Everyone was completely confused, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now some cried one thing, some another. For the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not for what cause they were come together.

English Revised Version
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some people shouted one thing while others shouted something else. The crowd was confused. Most of the people didn't even know why they had come together.

Good News Translation
Meanwhile the whole meeting was in an uproar: some people were shouting one thing, others were shouting something else, because most of them did not even know why they had come together.

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing and some another, since the crowd was confused, and most of them didn't know why they were meeting.

Literal Standard Version
Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they had come together;

Majority Standard Bible
Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

New American Bible
Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, others something else; the assembly was in chaos, and most of the people had no idea why they had come together.

NET Bible
So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together.

New Revised Standard Version
Meanwhile, some were shouting one thing, some another; for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together.

New Heart English Bible
Some therefore shouted one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them did not know why they had come together.

Webster's Bible Translation
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused, and the greater part knew not why they had come together.

Weymouth New Testament
The people, meanwhile, kept shouting, some one thing and some another; for the assembly was all uproar and confusion, and the greater part had no idea why they had come together.

World English Bible
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.

Young's Literal Translation
Some indeed, therefore, were calling out one thing, and some another, for the assembly was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together;

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Context
The Riot in Ephesus
31Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre. 32Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there. 33The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.…

Cross References
Acts 19:31
Even some of Paul's friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

Acts 21:34
Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.


Treasury of Scripture

Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not why they were come together.

cried.

Acts 19:29
And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

Acts 21:34
And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

and the.

Acts 19:40
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.

Matthew 11:7-9
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? …

Luke 7:24-26
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? …

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Acts 19
1. The Holy Spirit is given by Paul's hands.
8. The Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by miracles.
13. The Jewish exorcists,
16. are beaten by a man who had an evil spirit.
19. Conjuring books are burnt.
21. Demetrius, for love of gain, raises an uproar against Paul;
35. which is appeased by the town clerk.














(32) Some therefore cried one thing, and some another.--Better, kept on crying. The graphic character of the whole narrative makes it almost certain that it must have come from an eye-witness, or possibly from more than one. Aristarchus or Gaius, who travelled to Jerusalem with St. Luke (Luke 20:4), and were with him also at Rome, may have told him the whole tale of the scene in which they had borne so prominent a part. Possibly, also, following up the hint thrown out in the Note on Acts 19:12, we may think of Tyrannus as having written a report of the tumult to St. Luke. The two conjunctions translated "therefore" (better, then) seem to carry the narrative back to what was passing in the theatre, after the parenthetical account of what had been going on between the Apostle, the disciples, and the Asiarchs outside it.

For the assembly was confused.--It is not without interest to note that the Greek word for assembly is the ecclesia, with which we are so familiar as applied to the Church of Christ. Strictly speaking, as the town-clerk is careful to point out (Acts 19:39), this mob gathering was not an ecclesia, but the word had come to be used vaguely.

Verse 32. - In confusion for confused, A.V. (συγκεχυμένη: comp. συγχύσεως, ver. 29). The more part, etc. A graphic picture of an excited mob led by interested and designing agitators.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Meanwhile
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

assembly
ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1577: From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation.

was
ἦν (ēn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

in turmoil.
συγκεχυμένη (synkechymenē)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4797: Or sugchuno from sun and cheo or its alternate; to commingle promiscuously, i.e. to throw into disorder, to perplex.

Some
ἄλλο (allo)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

were shouting
ἔκραζον (ekrazon)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2896: To cry aloud, shriek. A primary verb; properly, to 'croak' or scream, i.e. to call aloud.

one thing
τι (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

[and some another],
Ἄλλοι (Alloi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

most [of them]
πλείους (pleious)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural - Comparative
Strong's 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.

did not [even] know
ᾔδεισαν (ēdeisan)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1492: To know, remember, appreciate.

why
τίνος (tinos)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

they were there.
συνεληλύθεισαν (synelēlytheisan)
Verb - Pluperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4905: From sun and erchomai; to convene, depart in company with, associate with, or, cohabit.


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