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Acts 18:4

Witness and mission

2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,

3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

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

5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

6 But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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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
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
KJV
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
WEB
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
ASV
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
DARBY
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
BLB
And he was reasoning in the synagogue on every Sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
ÅB
Men hver sabbat holdt han samtaler i synagogen, og han overbeviste jøder og grekere.
OTB
Hver sabbat deltok Paulus i diskusjoner i synagogen, og forsøkte å overbevise både jøder og grekere.
B1930
Men hver sabbat holdt han samtaler i synagogen, og han overbeviste jøder og grekere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 5:11

    Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

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  • Acts 28:23

    So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

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  • Acts 17:17

    So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

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  • Acts 19:8

    Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

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  • Acts 13:14–14:1

    And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

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  • Acts 17:1–3

    When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

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  • Luke 16:31

    Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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  • Luke 4:16

    Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

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