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Paul before Gallio

Acts 18:13

In 9 translations

BSB
“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
KJV
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
WEB
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
ASV
saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
LSV
saying, “This one persuades men to worship God against the Law”;
YLT
saying — 'Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'
DBY
saying, This [man] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.Elohim
DRC
Saying: This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
GNV
Saying, This fellow persuadeth me to worship God otherwise then the Lawe appointeth.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἀναπείθει elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἀναπείθει οὗτος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀναπείθει οὗτος; Robinson–Pierpont read οὗτος ἀναπείθει.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
λέγοντες ὅτι Παρὰ τὸν νόμον ἀναπείθει οὗτος τοὺς ἀνθρώπους σέβεσθαι τὸν θεόν.
RP2018
λέγοντες ὅτι Παρὰ τὸν νόμον οὗτος ἀναπείθει τοὺς ἀνθρώπους σέβεσθαι τὸν θεόν.
TR-Boyd
λέγοντες ὅτι Παρὰ τὸν νόμον οὗτος ἀναπείθει τοὺς ἀνθρώπους σέβεσθαι τὸν Θεόν.
SCR1894
λεγοντες οτι παρα τον νομον ουτος αναπειθει τους ανθρωπους σεβεσθαι τον θεον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 25:8Then Paul made his defense: “I have committed no offense against the law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”
  • Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
  • Acts 24:5–6We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
  • Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
  • Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
  • Acts 18:15But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

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