Act 19:29-30 | JFB | STEP | 29. having caught Gaius and Aristarchus —disappointed of Paul, as at Thessalonica ( ). They are mentioned in ; and probably . If it was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla that he found an asylum (see ), that would explain , where he says of them that "for his life they laid down their own necks" [HOWSON ]. rushed . . . into the theatre —a vast pile, whose ruins are even now a wreck of immense grandeur [SIR C. FELLOWES , Asia Minor, 1839].

Acts 19:29-30

29. having caught Gaius and Aristarchus—disappointed of Paul, as at Thessalonica (Ac 17:5, 6). They are mentioned in Ac 20:4; 27:2; Ro 16:23; 1Co 1:14; and probably 3Jo 1. If it was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla that he found an asylum (see 1Co 16:9), that would explain Ro 16:3, 4, where he says of them that "for his life they laid down their own necks" [HOWSON].

rushed . . . into the theatre—a vast pile, whose ruins are even now a wreck of immense grandeur [SIR C. FELLOWES, Asia Minor, 1839].

30-34. when Paul would have entered in—with noble forgetfulness of self.

unto the people—the demos, that is, the people met in public assembly.

the disciples suffered him not—The tense used implies only that they were using their efforts to restrain him; which might have been unavailing but for what follows.