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.
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Barnes' Notes
To be called in question - By the government; by the Roman authority. Such a tumult, continued for so long. a time, would be likely to attract the attention of the magistrates, and expose them to…
Adam Clarke
For we are in danger, etc. - Popular commotions were always dreaded by the Roman government; and so they should by all governments; for, when might has nothing to direct its operations but passion,…
I. Paul is here brought into some trouble at Ephesus, just when he is forecasting to go thence, and to cut out work for himself elsewhere. See here,
1. How he laid his purpose of going to other…
Cambridge Bible
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar. The A. V. seems here to be incorrect. -The word for "uproar" ought not to be joined with "this day." The construction is contrary…
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