Acts 19:38 — Meaning and Application

Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. {the law...: or, the court days are kept}

But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. {lawful: or, ordinary}

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.