“ Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. ”
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 the...
Gallio and Paul. Gallio's proconsulship is fixed by an inscription at Delphi which came to light in 1905; and gives an absolute date in Pauline chronology (p. 655). He had not been proconsul when P...
This fellow . This one. persuadeth. Greek. anapeitho. Strong form of peitho (App-150.) Only here. men . Greek. anthropos. App-123. contrary to . against. Greek. para. App-104.
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. Persuaded men to worship God contrary to the law - This accusation was very insidious. The Jews had permission by the Romans t...
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. Saying, This [fellow] (rather, 'This man') persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law - meaning the Jewish law: "...
St Paul's Second Missionary Journey, 49, 50 a.d. ( Acts 15:36 to Acts 18:22 ) Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his mission...
This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. — It is obvious that in this appeal to the proconsul the Jews must have meant, not the law of Moses, but that of Rome. Their contentio...
a Great Ministry in a Great City Acts 18:1-17 Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 , that he entered Corinth with fear and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or eloquence...
Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, (13) Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrar...
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; Acts...
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. Ver. 13. Contrary to the law ] That is, contrary to our law. For the Romans had granted liberty to the Jews to worship God...
When Gallio was the deputy Greek, Γαλλιωνος ανθυπατευοντος, Gallio being proconsul; of Achaia Of which Corinth was the chief city. This Gallio, the brother of the famous Seneca, is much commended...
Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wi...
Paul Visits Corinth. 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brou...
Contrary to the law, of the Romans, who, to avoid tumults and confusions, did forbid any to set up any new worship without leave; and the Jews in these parts having here no power to punish St. Paul...
Successful Ministry in Corinth (18:1-17). Paul had recognised that in a small town like Athens he could well spare his companions and had sent Timothy off to Thessalonica, and Silas to Macedonia,...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 18:12 . Gallio .—Gallio became proconsul towards the end of Claudius’s reign, about A.D. 53. His character, as depicted by ancient writers, corresponded with that revealed...
Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of that city gathered at Areopagus. Acts 18:1 . After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth: Another mos...
Acts 18:2 . Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome. Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ni...
After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth. Paul at Corinth Paul entered, not the grand, classical Corinth, but a sort of afterglow Corinth. The old city had been destroye...
EXPOSITION Acts 18:1 He for Paul, A.V. and T.R. After these things , etc. No hint is given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as the double journey of the Be...
The insurrection at the time of Gallio:
Acts 18:4 ; Acts 21:28 ; Acts 24:5 ; Acts 24:6 ; Acts 25:8 ; Acts 6:13