Acts 19:29-33

²⁹The commotion spread through the whole city, and the people rushed together into the amphitheater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were Paul's travelling companions.

³⁰Paul wished to go into the amphitheater and face the people, but the disciples would not let him,

³¹while some of the chief religious officials of the province, who were friendly to him, sent repeated entreaties to him not to trust himself inside.

³²Meanwhile some were shouting one thing and some another, for the Assembly was all in confusion, most of those present not even knowing why they had met.

³³But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom several of the Jewish leaders had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defence to the people.