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For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning this day`s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn`t be able to give an account of this commotion."
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The Real Threat of Rome
Commentators stress that the town clerk's warning was not an exaggeration. The Roman government severely punished riots and unauthorized assemblies, sometimes even with death. The clerk skillfully used the crowd's legitimate fear of Roman law to disperse the mob and restore order, reminding them they could be held accountable by a power far greater than their own.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 attra…
For indeed we are in danger to be accused concerning this day's riot (κα γαρ κινδυνευομεν εγκαλεισθα στασεως περ της σημερον). The…
19th Century
Anglican
We are in danger to be called in question.—The "we" in this phrase includes the rioters. The term "called in question" uses the sa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we are in danger of being called in question Or are liable to be called to an account, reproved, and punished by…
The Jews came forward in this tumult. Those who are so careful to distinguish themselves from the servants of Christ now, and are afraid of being m…
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