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Verse Acts 18:13. _PERSUADED MEN TO WORSHIP GOD CONTRARY TO THE
LAW._] This accusation was very insidious. The _Jews_ had permission
by the Romans to worship their own God in their own way: this the...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. In Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. His Testimony and
Separation from the Jews (Acts 18:1)._
2. Encouragement from the Lord in a vision (Acts 18:9).
3. Paul and Gallio (Acts 18:12...
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GALLIO AND PAUL. Gallio's proconsulship is fixed by an inscription at
Delphi which came to light in 1905; and gives an absolute date in
Pauline chronology (p. 655). He had not been proconsul when Paul...
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PREACHING IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-11)
Its very position made Corinth (G2882) a key city of Greece. Greece
is almost cut in two by the sea. On one side is the Saronic Gulf with
its port of Cenchrea and...
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When Gallio was proconsul of Asia, the Jews got together to make an
attack on Paul. They brought him to the judgment seat and said, "This
man seduces men to worship God contrary to the Law." When Paul...
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THIS FELLOW. This one. persuadeth. Greek. _anapeitho._ Strong form of
_peitho_ (App-150.) Only here.
MEN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123.
CONTRARY TO. against. Greek. _para._ App-104....
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_contrary to the law_ i.e. the Jewish law. Their religion was one of
those allowed throughout the Roman Empire, and their hope is to induce
the proconsul to protect the Jewish law by Roman law. But th...
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PAUL IS ACCUSED BEFORE GALLIO, WHO DECLINES TO CONSIDER THE CHARGE
AGAINST HIM. IN CONSEQUENCE, THE POPULACE FALL AT ONCE ON SOSTHÉNES,
A CHIEF MAN AMONG THE JEWS, BUT GALLIO LETS THEIR ASSAULT PASS
U...
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ἈΝΑΠΕΊΘΕΙ ΟὟΤΟΣ with אAB. _Vulg_. supports the
contrary order.
13. ΠΑΡᾺ ΤῸΝ ΝΌΜΟΝ, _contrary to the law_, i.e. the
Jewish law. The Jewish religion was one of those allowed throughout
the Roman Empire,...
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_THE COLDNESS OF GALLIO TOWARD PAUL ACTS 18:12-17:_ The Jews brought
Paul before Gallio's judgment seat saying, "This man is teaching the
people to give worship to God in a way which is against the la...
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ΛΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part., см._ Acts 18:6.
ΠΑΡΆ ΤΟΝ ΝΌΜΟΝ (G3844; G3551 против (вопреки)
закону. Может иметься в виду как
римский, так и иудейский закон: против
дозволенной религии, или против
декр...
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IN CORINTH. Acts 18:1-17.
Acts 18:1
After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race,
lately come from Ita...
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See notes on verse 12...
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Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the
law.
SAYING, THIS [FELLOW] (RATHER, 'THIS MAN') PERSUADETH MEN TO WORSHIP
GOD CONTRARY TO THE LAW - meaning the Jewish law: "your l...
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3 While in Thessalonica he had been supported partly by gifts from
Philippi, but now he engaged in tentmaking as a means of. livelihood.
During his early days in Corinth his heart was continually occu...
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ST PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, 49, 50 A.D. (ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS
18:22)
Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile
Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his missionary labo...
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONCLUDED)
1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman
province of Achaia. The ancient town had been entirely destroyed in
146 b.c. by the Roman general...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 18
PAUL GOES TO CORINTH, 18:1-4
V1 After this, Paul left Athens and he went to Corinth. V2 In
Corinth, he met a *Jew called Aquila. Aquila had...
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THIS FELLOW PERSUADETH MEN TO WORSHIP GOD CONTRARY TO THE LAW. — It
is obvious that in this appeal to the proconsul the Jews must have
meant, not the law of Moses, but that of Rome. Their contention w...
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λέγοντες : in the set accusation which follows there is
probably an indication that the Jews could not stir up the crowd
against Paul as at Philippi and Thessalonica, for already he had
gained too goo...
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A GREAT MINISTRY IN A GREAT CITY
Acts 18:1
Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1, that he entered Corinth with fear
and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or
eloquence. From the f...
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Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul
came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and
gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
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Preaching in Corinth
Following his normal pattern, Paul first preached in the synagogue in
Corinth. During that time, Silas and Timothy once again joined the
apostle's company. Silas may have come fro...
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PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE GALLIO
12-17. This case is really notable. When Crispus, the chief ruler of
the synagogue is converted, Sosthenes succeeds him and is enthusiastic
to exterminate the Pauline heresy...
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And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection
with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
(13) Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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At Thessalonica Paul twice received succour from Philippi; at Corinth,
where money and commerce abounded, he does not take it, but quietly
works with two of his countrymen of the same trade as himself...
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SAYING, THIS FELLOW PERSUADETH MEN TO WORSHIP GOD CONTRARY TO THE LAW.
Meaning either to the law of the Romans, which forbad the bringing in
of any new gods, without the leave of the senate;
Acts 16:...
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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...
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_When Gallio was the deputy_ Greek, Γαλλιωνος
ανθυπατευοντος, _Gallio being proconsul; of Achaia_ Of
which Corinth was the chief city. This Gallio, the brother of the
famous Seneca, is much commended...
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CONTRARY TO THE LAW; the law of Moses....
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The insurrection at the time of Gallio:...
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SAYING, THIS FELLOW PERSUADETH MEN TO WORSHIP GOD CONTRARY TO THE LAW....
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Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and
licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a
response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wif...
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"saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the
law"Saying" Here is the specific case brought against Paul. "This man
persuadeth men" This admits that Paul was having. lot of success i...
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12-17 Paul was about to show that he did not teach men to worship God
contrary to law; but the judge would not allow the Jews to complain to
him of what was not within his office. It was right in Gal...
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CONTRARY TO THE LAW, of the Romans, who, to avoid tumults and
confusions, did forbid any to set up any new worship without leave;
and the Jews in these parts having here no power to punish St. Paul as...
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Acts 18:13 saying G3004 (G5723) G3754 This G3778 persuades G374
(G5719) men G444 worship G4576 ...
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SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY IN CORINTH (18:1-17).
Paul had recognised that in a small town like Athens he could well
spare his companions and had sent Timothy off to Thessalonica, and
Silas to Macedonia, pos...
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‘But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord
rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, saying,
“This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.” '...
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Acts 18:13. SAYING, THIS FELLOW PERSUADETH MEN TO WORSHIP GOD CONTRARY
TO THE LAW. There is no doubt but that the ‘law' here alluded to was
the law not of the Jews, but of the Empire; it was the Roman...
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CONTRARY TO THE LAW
(παρα τον νομον). They did not accuse Paul of treason as
in Thessalonica, perhaps Paul had been more careful in his language
here. They bring the same charge here that the owners...
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Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of
that city gathered at Areopagus.
Acts 18:1. _After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth:_
Another most i...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish
vow. Apollos at Ephesus.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy,
Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes,...
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Acts 18:2. _Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome._
Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who
continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth...
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WHEN GALLIO WAS MADE. Ramsay thinks this was in the summer of 52 A.D.
Gallio's brother, Seneca, was the teacher of Nero. SEIZED PAUL AND
TOOK HIM INTO COURT. This implies they could not stir up a mob...
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_After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth._
PAUL AT CORINTH
Paul entered, not the grand, classical Corinth, but a sort of
afterglow Corinth. The old city had been destroyed by...
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_And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches._
PAUL AS A MODEL FOR ALL GOSPEL MINISTERS
He recognises the importance of--
I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this visit...
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_And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection._
GALLIO AND PAUL
The proconsul of Achaia had ended his term of office, and the
proconsul appointed by the emperor was Marcus Ann...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of
witness on his second journey.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 18:12. GALLIO.—Gallio became proconsul towards the end of
Claudius’s reign, about A.D. 53. His character, as depicted by
ancient writers, corresponded with that revealed in Luk...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 18:1
_He _for _Paul, _A.V. and T.R. AFTER THESE THINGS, etc. No hint is
given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as
the double journey of the Beroeans, who...
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Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our
study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of
chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean an...
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Acts 18:4; Acts 21:28; Acts 24:5; Acts 24:6; Acts 25:8;...