ACTS 18:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.”
'This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law' — The accusation avoids Roman political charges, instead framing Paul's teaching as violation of Jewish law (implying Roman tolerance of Jewish legal autonomy). The complaint targets theological innovation.
Church Fathers on Acts 18:13
Saying, This fellow seduces men contrary to the law to worship God. And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said: If indeed it were any wrong-doing or wicked lewdness, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you. But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. And he drove them from the judgment-seat. Acts 18:13-16 This Gallio seems to me to have been a sensible man. (a) Thus observe, when…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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