Acts 18:17 — Meaning and Application

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“Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat {him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.”

Acts 18:17

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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 such {matters}.

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat {him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

And Paul {after this} tarried {there} yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn {his} head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

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Acts 18:1

"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;"

Acts 18:2

"And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them."

Acts 18:3

"And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers."

Acts 18:4

"And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."

Acts 18:5

"And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews {that} Jesus {was} Christ. {was Christ: or, is the Christ}"

Acts 18:6

"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook {his} raiment, and said unto them, Your blood {be} upon your own heads; I {am} clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."

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