38. "Therefore, if Demetrius and the craftsmen with him have a tainah (grievance) against anyone, the civil courts are in session and there are proconsuls. Let it be there that they bring charges against one another.
39. "And if you seek anything further, let your settlement be obtained in the lawful assembly.
40. "For indeed we are in danger of being indicted for an intifadah (uprising) today, for there is no justification we can render to excuse this disorder and commotion."
41. And having said these things, the town clerk dismissed the kahal (assembly).