Atti 18:14

14 E come Paolo stava per aprir la bocca, Gallione disse ai Giudei: Se si trattasse di qualche ingiustizia o di qualche mala azione, o Giudei, io vi ascolterei pazientemente, come ragion vuole.

Atti 18:14 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 18:14

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth
In his own defence, and plead his own cause, and answer to the charge exhibited against him:

Gallio said unto the Jews, if it was matter of wrong;
of injury to any man's person or property, as murder, theft

or wicked lewdness;
as fraud, forgery, perjury, treason

O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
his sense is, that it would be according to right reason, and agreeably to his office as a judge, to admit them and their cause, and try it, and hear them patiently, and what was to be said on both sides of the question, what the charges were, and the proof of them, and what the defendant had to say for himself. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "O men Jews"; and so Beza's ancient copy.

Atti 18:14 In-Context

12 Poi, quando Gallione fu proconsole d’Acaia, i Giudei, tutti d’accordo, si levaron contro Paolo, e lo menarono dinanzi al tribunale, dicendo:

13 Costui va persuadendo gli uomini ad adorare Iddio in modo contrario alla legge.

14 E come Paolo stava per aprir la bocca, Gallione disse ai Giudei: Se si trattasse di qualche ingiustizia o di qualche mala azione, o Giudei, io vi ascolterei pazientemente, come ragion vuole.

15 Ma se si tratta di questioni intorno a parole, a nomi, e alla vostra legge, provvedeteci voi; io non voglio esser giudice di codeste cose.

16 E li mandò via dal tribunale.