Verse 14
Acts 18:14
Bible in Basic English
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But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:
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
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After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.
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And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before h...
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And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for...
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And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.
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And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preac...
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And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your b...
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And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God (Elohim)-fearing ma...
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And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great num...
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9
And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:
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For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of pe...
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11
And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God (Elohim) among them.
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12
But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to t...
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13
Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God (Elohim) in a way which is against th...
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14
But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with w...
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But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judg...
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And he sent them away from the judge's seat.
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And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the...
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18
And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla...
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And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had...
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20
And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;
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And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God (Elohim) lets me; and he took ship from E...
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22
And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.
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And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, ma...
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Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; an...
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This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teach...
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And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, too...
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And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the...
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For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ w...
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