Acts 18:13
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“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
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contrary to the--Jewish law--probably in not requiring the Gentiles to be circumcised.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. Paul's coming to Corinth, his private converse with Aquila and Priscilla, and his public reasonings with the Jews, from whom, when they rejected him, he turned to the Gentiles (Act 18:1-6). II. The great success of his ministry there, and the encouragement Christ gave him in a vision to continue his labours there, in hopes of further success (Act 18:7-11). III. The molestations which after some time he met with there from the Jews, which he got pretty well through by the coldness of Gallio, the Roman governor, in the cause (Act 18:12-17). IV. The progress Paul made through many countries, after he had continued long at Corinth, for the edifying and watering of the churches which he had founded and planted, in which circuit he made a short visit to Jerusalem (Act 18:18-23). V. An account of Apollo's improvement in knowledge, and of his usefulness in the church (Act 18:24-28).
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Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”