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Acts 18:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you; "
Acts 18:14
Verse in Context
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12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15 but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”
16 So he drove them from the judgment seat.
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Acts 18:1
"After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth."
Acts 18:2
"He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,"
Acts 18:3
"and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers."
Acts 18:4
"He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks."
Acts 18:5
"When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ."
Acts 18:6
"When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”"
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