Acts 18:13

13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to ¹the law. ”

Acts 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 18:13

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; (See Gill on Acts 16:21); or rather to the law of Moses: the Arabic version reads, "our law"; though this was false, for Moses in his law wrote of Christ, and ordered the children of Israel to hearken to him.

Acts 18:13 In-Context

11 And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law. ”

14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.

15 But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things. ”

Cross References

• 1. 18:13 ver. 15