14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
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But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; …
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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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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