Acts 18:13

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 as their own law prescribed.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 G...
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The insurrection at the time of Gallio:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:4 ; Acts 21:28 ; Acts 24:5 ; Acts 24:6 ; Acts 25:8 ; Acts 6:13

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Related Commentaries of Acts 18:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 18:13