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Acts 18:13

New Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Acts 18:13 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Acts 18:13 — American Standard Version

Context — Acts 18

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10for I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to harm thee: for I have much people in this city.
11And he dwelt [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,
13saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
14But 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:
15but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.
16And he drove them from the judgment-seat.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“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 “<441621>Acts 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.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“contrary to the--Jewish law--probably in not requiring the Gentiles to be circumcised.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Contrary to the law - Evidently intending contrary to all law - the laws of the Romans and of the Jews. It was permitted to the Jews to worship God according to their own views in Greece; but they could easily pretend that Paul had departed from that mode of worshipping God. It was easy for them to maintain that he taught contrary to the laws of the Romans and their acknowledged religion; and their design seems to have been to accuse him of teaching people to worship God in an unlawful and irregular way, a way unknown to any of the laws of the empire. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Act 18:4, Act 6:13, Act 21:28, Act 24:5, Act 24:6, Act 25:8 Acts 18:14”
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