Acts 28:22

But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against."

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

In Context

21"For our part," they replied, "we have not received any letters from Judaea about you, nor have any of our countrymen come here and reported or stated anything to your disadvantage.

23So they arranged a day with him and came to him in considerable numbers at the house of the friends who were entertaining him. And then, with solemn earnestness, he explained to them the subject of the Kingdom of God, endeavouring from morning till evening to convince them about Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

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Cross References

Acts 5:17This roused the High Priest. He and all his party--the sect of the Sadducees--were filled with angry jealousy

Acts 16:20Then they brought them before the praetors. "These men," they said, "are creating a great disturbance in our city.

Acts 24:5For we have found this man Paul a source of mischief and a disturber of the peace among all the Jews throughout the Empire, and a ringleader in the heresy of the Nazarenes.

Acts 26:5For they all know me of old--if they would but testify to the fact--how, being an adherent of the strictest sect of our religion, my life was that of a Pharisee.

1 Peter 2:12Live honourable lives among the Gentiles, in order that, although they now speak against you as evil-doers, they may yet witness your good conduct, and may glorify God on the day of reward and retribution.

Matthew Henry on Acts 28:18-23

Paul at Rome. 17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. 18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. 19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I… Read the whole commentary →

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