Acts 18:14 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 18:14

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.

BSB

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ASV

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

KJV

And 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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth,.... In his own defence, and plead his own cause, and answer to the charge exhibited against him: Gallio said unto the Jews, if it was matter of wrong; of injury to any man's person or property, as murder, theft, &c. or wicked lewdness; as fraud, forgery, perjury, treason, &c.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Paul was going about to make his defence, and to show that he did not teach men to worship God contrary to the law; but the judge, being resolved not to pass any sentence upon this cause, would not give himself the trouble of examining it. He shows himself very ready to do the part of a judge in any matter that it was proper for him to take cognizance of.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Paul was now about to open his mouth - He was about to enter on his defense; but Gallio, perceiving that the prosecution was through envy and malice, would not put Paul to any farther trouble, but determined the matter as follows. If it were a matter of wrong - Αδικημα, Of injustice; any thing contrary to the rights of the subject. Or wicked lewdness - Ῥᾳδιουργημα πονηρον, Destructive mischief. (See the note on Act 13:10, where the word is explained.) Something by which the subject is grievously wronged; were it any crime against society or against the state.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μέλλοντος	Mellontos	When is being about to	G3195 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Παύλου	Paulou	Paul	G3972 →
ἀνοίγειν	anoigein	to open	G455 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	[his] mouth	G4750 →
εἶπεν	eipen	said	G2036 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Γαλλίων	Galliōn	Gallio	G1058 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίους·	Ioudaious	Jews;	G2453 →
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
ἦν	ēn	it was	G1510 →
ἀδίκημά	adikēma	unrighteousness	G92 →
τι	ti	some	G5100 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ῥᾳδιούργημα	rhadiourgēma	crime	G4467 →
πονηρόν,	ponēron	wicked,	G4190 →
ὦ	ō	O	G5599 →
Ἰουδαῖοι,	Ioudaioi	Jews,	G2453 →
κατὰ	kata	according to	G2596 →
λόγον	logon	reason	G3056 →
ἂν	an	would	G302 →
ἀνεσχόμην	aneschomēn	I have endured with	G430 →
ὑμῶν·	humōn	you;	G4771 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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 21:39
But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
leads to
- Acts 22:3
  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
- Acts 9:11
  “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- Acts 23:27
  This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
Through
Acts 13:18
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
leads to
- Acts 7:36
  He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
- Acts 7:39–43
  But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
- Amos 5:25–26
  Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- Deuteronomy 1:31
  and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
- Ezekiel 20:10–17
  So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.