Act 19:23 | RWP | e4.org | No small stir ( ταραχος ουκ ολιγος ). Same phrase in and nowhere else in the N.T. Litotes. Concerning the Way ( περ της οδου ). See this phrase for Christianity in ; ; which see, like the "Jesus Way" of the Indians. There had already been opposition and "stir" before this stage (cf. ). The fight with wild beasts in (whatever it was) was before that Epistle was written and so before this new uproar. Paul as a Roman citizen could not be thrown to wild beasts, but he so pictured the violent opponents of Christ in Ephesus.

‏ Acts 19:23

No small stir ( ταραχος ουκ ολιγος ). Same phrase in 12:18 and nowhere else in the N.T. Litotes.

Concerning the Way ( περ της οδου ). See this phrase for Christianity in 9:2; 19:9; 24:22 which see, like the "Jesus Way" of the Indians. There had already been opposition and "stir" before this stage (cf. 19:11-20). The fight with wild beasts in 1Co 15:32 (whatever it was) was before that Epistle was written and so before this new uproar. Paul as a Roman citizen could not be thrown to wild beasts, but he so pictured the violent opponents of Christ in Ephesus.