Verse 14
Acts 18:14
World Messianic Bible
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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;
Original Language Text
greek
μέλλοντος δὲ τοῦ Παύλου ἀνοίγειν τὸ στόμα εἶπεν ὁ Γαλλίων πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους· Εἰ ⸀μὲν ἦν ἀδίκημά τι ἢ ῥᾳδιούργημα πονηρόν, ὦ Ἰουδαῖοι, κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν·
English Translation
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If there were a wrongdoing or a wicked crime, O Jews, I would have reason to bear with you."
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Chapter 18 Context
1
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
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He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with...
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and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent...
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4
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
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5
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to...
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6
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on...
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7
He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God (Elo...
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8
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthian...
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9
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision,
“Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
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10
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
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11
He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God (Elohim) among them.
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12
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought h...
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13
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God (Elohim) contrary to the law.”
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14
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of w...
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but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t...
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16
So he drove them from the judgment seat.
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17
Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judg...
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18
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers,
and sailed from ther...
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19
He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned...
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20
When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
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21
but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but...
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22
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
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23
Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in o...
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24
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mi...
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25
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taugh...
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26
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him as...
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27
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disci...
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for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Yashua (Jesus) was the C...
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