And certain of the chief of Asia, who were his friends, sent unto him, begging him that he would not venture into the theater.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
to a disorderly populace and tumult. And Paul complies, for he was not vainglorious, nor ambitious. Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused. Such is the nature of the multitude: it recklessly follows, like fire when it has fallen upon fuel; and the more part knew not wherefore they had come together.
