ACTS 18:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law — settle the matter yourselves. I am not willing to be a judge of such things' — Gallio's refusal establishes crucial precedent: Roman magistrates will not adjudicate Jewish theological disputes. This provides legal space for Christian propagation.
Church Fathers on Acts 18:15
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…
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