Acts 18:13 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 18:13

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

KJV

Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Saying, this fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. Meaning either to the law of the Romans, which forbad the bringing in of any new gods, without the leave of the senate; See Gill on Act 16:21; or rather to the law of Moses: the Arabic version reads, "our law"; though this was false, for Moses in his law wrote of Christ, and ordered the children of Israel to hearken to him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus when people are taught to worship God in Christ, and to worship him in the Spirit, they are ready to quarrel, as if they were taught to worship him contrary to the law; whereas this is indeed perfective of the law.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγοντες	legontes	saying	G3004 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
παρὰ	para	Contrary to	G3844 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
νόμον	nomon	law	G3551 →
ἀναπείθει	anapeithei	persuades	G374 →
οὗτος	houtos	this [man]	G3778 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπους	anthrōpous	men	G444 →
σέβεσθαι	sebesthai	to worship	G4576 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεόν.¶	theon	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 25:8
Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
leads to
- Acts 6:13–14
  where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 28:17
  After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers,…
- Acts 24:12
  Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
Through
Acts 18:15
But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
leads to
- Acts 23:29
  I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- Acts 25:19
  They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
- 1 Timothy 6:4
  he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
Through
Acts 21:28
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and…
leads to
- Acts 24:5–6
  We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
Through
Acts 6:13
where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
leads to
- Acts 6:11
  Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts