Acts 18:12
However, during the time when Gallio was the governor of Achaia, the Jews united in an attack against Paul and brought him before the court.
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11Paul stayed there for eighteen months, teaching the people the word of God.
13“This man is persuading people to worship God illegally,” they declared.
Cross References
John 19:13When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called Stone Pavement (Gabbatha in Hebrew).
Acts 13:12When the governor saw what happened he trusted in God, amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
Acts 14:2But the Jews that refused to believe in Jesus stirred up the feelings of the foreigners, and poisoned them against the believers.
Acts 17:5But the Jews became jealous and with some rabble-rousers they gathered from the marketplace they formed a mob. They rioted in the town, and attacked Jason's house. They tried to find Paul and Silas so they could bring them before the people.
Acts 18:16Then Gallio had them ejected from the court.
Acts 21:27The seven days were almost over when some Jews from Asia saw Paul in the Temple and incited the crowd against him and seized him.
Matthew Henry on Acts 18:8-12
Paul Visits Corinth. 7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people… Read the whole commentary →