Quotes About Conflict

Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.

It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.

When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paulís traveling companions from Macedonia.

Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

Even some of Paulís friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for todayís events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

“Arenít you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the ëAssassinsí into the wilderness?”

the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.

At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”

But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

“Brothers,” Paul replied, “I was not aware that he was the high priest, for it is written: ëDo not speak evil about the ruler of your people.í”

As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.