Acts 18:13

"This fellow," they said, "is persuading men to offer unlawful worship to God."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

In Context

12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal.

14Paul was about to open his mouth, when Gallio said to the Jews. "If it had been some misdemeanor or wicked villainy, it would have been within reason for me to listen to you Jews;

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Cross References

Acts 6:13They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law.

Acts 18:15but as these are merely questions about words and names and your own law, you yourselves must see to it. I am not willing to be a judge of these matters."

Acts 24:5"For we have found this fellow a pest, an inciter of insurrection among all the Jews of the empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:13-18

Paul Visits Corinth. 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of… Read the whole commentary →

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