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Acts 18:28 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. "
Acts 18:28
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26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him; and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
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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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