ACTS 19:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0
“But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.”
But some of them became obstinate (skepthēmi, to be hardened or stubborn); they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way — Before the crowd, he left the synagogue and took the disciples with him, arguing daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus — The obstinate resistance (hardening of hearts) forces the pivot: Paul withdraws formal synagogue space, establishing independent teaching venue. The 'Way' (hē hodos) denotes early Christian self-identification.
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