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Acts 28:22

20 So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

21 The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

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.

24 Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

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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
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
KJV
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
WEB
But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
ASV
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.
DARBY
But we beg to hear of thee what thou thinkest, for as concerning this sect it is known to us that it is everywhere spoken against.
BLB
But we count it worthy to hear from you what you think, for truly, concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”
ÅB
Men vi vil gjerne få høre av deg hva du mener; for om denne sekt er det oss vitterlig at den allesteds finner motsigelse.
OTB
Men vi ønsker å høre dine synspunkter, for vi vet at folk overalt taler mot denne sekten.»
B1930
Men vi vil gjerne få høre av dig hvad du mener; for om denne sekt er det oss vitterlig at den allesteds finner motsigelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 24:14

    I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

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  • 1 Peter 2:12

    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

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  • 1 Peter 3:16

    keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

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  • Acts 16:20–21

    They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil

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  • 1 Peter 4:14–16

    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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  • 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 17:6–7

    But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,

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  • Luke 2:34

    Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

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