Acts 19:29

“And the whole city was filled with confusion, etc.] For the workmen that made the silver shrines very likely ran up and down in the city, crying out, great is Diana of the Ephesians, which brought the people out of their houses to inquire what was the matter; and the mob gathering and increasing, as they went along, threw the whole city into confusion and disorder: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia; the latter of these was of Thessalonica in Macedonia, as appears from (<442004>Acts 20:4) but of what place the former was, is not certain; however, being a Macedonian, he could not be the Gaius of Derbe, mentioned in the same place, nor the Gaius of Corinth, (<460114>1…”

“having caught Gaius and Aristarchus--disappointed of Paul, as at Thessalonica (Act 17:5-6). They are mentioned in Act 20:4; Act 27:2; Rom 16:23; Co1 1:14; and probably Jo3 1:1. If it was in the house of Aquila and Priscilla that he found an asylum (see Co1 16:9), that would explain Rom 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].”

“Confusion - Tumult; disorder. Gaius - He had lived at Corinth, and had kinky entertained Paul at his house, 1 Corinthians 1:14; Romans 16:23. Aristarchus - He attended Paul to Rome, and was there a prisoner with him, Colossians 4:10. With one accord - Tumultuously; or with one mind or purpose. Into the theatre - The theaters of the Greeks were not only places for public exhibitions, but also for holding assemblies, and often for courts, elections, etc. The people, therefore, naturally rushed there, as being a suitable place to decide this matter. return to 'Top of Page'”

“They rushed with one accord - Demetrius and his company, into the theatre - Where criminals were wont to be thrown to the wild beasts, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus - When they could not find Paul. Probably they hoped to oblige them to fight with the wild beasts, as some think St. Paul had done before. Acts 19:30”

“19:29 Archaeologists have excavated the amphitheater where the whole city assembled; it held 24,000 people.”

“the whole: Act 19:32, Act 17:8, Act 21:30, Act 21:38 Gaius: Rom 16:23; Co1 1:14 Aristarchus: Act 20:4, Act 27:2; Col 4:10; Plm 1:24 Macedonia: Macedonia, an extensive province of Greece, was bounded on the north by the mountains of Haemus, on the south by Epirus and Achaia, on the east by the Aegean sea and Thrace, and on the west by the Adriatic sea; celebrated in all histories as being the third kingdom which, under Alexander the Great, obtained the empire of the world, and had under it 150 nations. the theatre: Co1 4:9 \*Gr. Acts 19:30”