“But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.”
But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers — the disbelieving Jews (apeithoō, to disobey) employ the same strategy as in Pisidian Antioch, turning sympathetic Gentiles against the missionaries by poisoning their understanding (diaphtheirō, to corrupt). The shift from initial receptivity to manufactured opposition illustrates how institutional resistance can override individual conviction.
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