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Acts 18:13

11 So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

14 But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.

15 But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
KJV
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
WEB
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
ASV
saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
DARBY
saying, This [man] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.
BLB
saying, “This [man] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
ÅB
Denne oppvigler folk til å dyrke Gud på annen vis enn loven befaler.
OTB
og sa: «Denne mannen overtaler folk til å dyrke Gud på måter som er i strid med loven.»
B1930
Denne opvigler folk til å dyrke Gud på annen vis enn loven byder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 24:5–6

    We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

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  • Acts 25:8

    Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

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  • Acts 6:13

    where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

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  • Acts 21:28

    crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

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  • Acts 18:4

    Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

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  • Acts 18:15

    But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

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