John Gill's Exposition on Acts 18:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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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