37. For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches--"temple-plunderers," or sacrilegious persons.
      nor yet blasphemers of your goddess--This is a remarkable testimony, showing that the apostle had, in preaching against idolatry, studiously avoided (as at Athens) insulting the feelings of those whom he addressed--a lesson this to missionaries and ministers in general.

JFB.