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# Connecting Statement:
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The town clerk finishes speaking to the crowd.
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# Therefore
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"Because what I have just said is true." The town clerk had said in [Acts 19:37](./37.md) that Gaius and Aristarchus were not robbers or blasphemers.
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# have an accusation against anyone
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The word "accusation" can be stated as the verb "accuse." Alternate translation: "want to accuse someone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# proconsuls
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the Roman governor's representatives who made legal decisions in court (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
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# Let them accuse one another
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This does not mean Demetrius and those with him will accuse each other. It means this is a place where people in general can speak their accusation. Alternate translation: "There people can accuse one another"
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