30. When Paul wanted to enter in to the people, the disciples didn’t allow him.
31. Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
32. Some therefore cried one thing, and some another, for the assembly was in confusion. Most of them didn’t know why they had come together.
33. They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would have made a defense to the people.