13Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
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While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: …
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)We have here an account of some disturbance given to Paul and his friends at Corinth, but no great harm done, nor much hindrance given to the work of Christ there. I. Paul is accused by the Jews before the Roman governor, Acts 18:12 , 13 . The governor was Gallio, deputy of Achaia , that is, proconsul; for Achaia was a consular province of the empire. This Gallio was elder brother to the famous Se…
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