Acts 18:13
“Saying, This fellow perswadeth men to worship God contrary to the Law.”
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Acts 18:13 Context
11And hee continued there a yeere and sixe monethes, teaching the word of God among them. 12¶ And when Gallio was the Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seat, 13Saying, This fellow perswadeth men to worship God contrary to the Law. 14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said vnto the Iewes, If it were a matter of wrong, or wicked lewdnesse, O yee Iewes, reason would that I should beare with you. 15But if it be a question of words, and names, and of your law, looke ye to it: for I wil be no iudge of such matters.
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Other Translations for Acts 18:13
Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
- King James Version
saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.
- Basic English Bible
saying, This [man] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.
- Darby Bible
Saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
- Webster's Bible
This man, they said, "is inducing people to offer unlawful worship to God."
- Weymouth Bible
saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
- World English Bible
and seiden, Ayens the lawe this counselith men to worschipe God.
- Wycliffe Bible
saying -- `Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Acts 18:13
Ac 18:13 This [fellow] persuadeth . . . contrary to the law. Their charge was that Paul sought to persuade men to worship contrary to the Roman law; that is, he preached a new and unlawful religion. Besides the state religion, Rome recognized various others, among them Judaism. These Jews attempted to show that Paul's gospel was not Judaism.