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Text -- Acts 18:14-28 (NET)
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18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak , Gallio said to the Jews , “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy , I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews ,
18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law , settle it yourselves . I will not be a judge of these things !”
18:16 Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat .
18:17 So they all seized Sosthenes , the president of the synagogue , and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat . Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio .
Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria
18:18 Paul , after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila . He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow .
18:19 When they reached Ephesus , Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there , but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews .
18:20 When they asked him to stay longer , he would not consent ,
18:21 but said farewell to them and added , “I will come back to you again if God wills .” Then he set sail from Ephesus ,
18:22 and when he arrived at Caesarea , he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch .
18:23 After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia , strengthening all the disciples .
Apollos Begins His Ministry
18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos , a native of Alexandria , arrived in Ephesus . He was an eloquent speaker , well-versed in the scriptures .
18:25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord , and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus , although he knew only the baptism of John .
18:26 He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue , but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him , they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately .
18:27 When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia , the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him . When he arrived , he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace ,
18:28 for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate , demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Corinth |
Paul |
Ephesus |
Achaia |
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 13-OUTLINE |
Apollos |
LAODICEANS, EPISTLE TO THE |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 1 |
Sosthenes |
Gallio |
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 5 |
Zeal |
Synagogue |
Orator |
Coriander |
Minister |
Nolle Prosequi |
Priscilla |
PASTORAL EPISTLES |
Aquila and Priscilla |
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NET Notes -> Act 18:14; Act 18:14; Act 18:14; Act 18:14; Act 18:15; Act 18:15; Act 18:15; Act 18:16; Act 18:16; Act 18:17; Act 18:17; Act 18:17; Act 18:17; Act 18:17; Act 18:17; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:18; Act 18:19; Act 18:19; Act 18:19; Act 18:19; Act 18:19; Act 18:19; Act 18:19; Act 18:20; Act 18:21; Act 18:21; Act 18:21; Act 18:21; Act 18:21; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:22; Act 18:23; Act 18:23; Act 18:23; Act 18:24; Act 18:24; Act 18:24; Act 18:25; Act 18:25; Act 18:25; Act 18:25; Act 18:26; Act 18:26; Act 18:26; Act 18:26; Act 18:27; Act 18:27; Act 18:27; Act 18:27; Act 18:27; Act 18:28; Act 18:28; Act 18:28; Act 18:28; Act 18:28
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NET Notes: Act 18:15 Or “I am not willing to be.” Gallio would not adjudicate their religious dispute.
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NET Notes: Act 18:17 Rome was officially indifferent to such disputes. Gallio understood how sensitive some Jews would be about his meddling in their affairs. This is simi...
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NET Notes: Act 18:18 He had made a vow. It is debated whether this vow is a private vow of thanksgiving or the Nazirite vow, because it is not clear whether the Nazirite v...
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NET Notes: Act 18:20 He would not consent. Paul probably refused because he wanted to reach Jerusalem for the festival season before the seas became impassable during the ...
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NET Notes: Act 18:21 A new sentence was begun here in the translation due to the length of the sentence in Greek and the requirements of contemporary English style, which ...
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NET Notes: Act 18:24 Grk “powerful.” BDAG 264 s.v. δυνατός 1.b has “in the Scriptures = well-versed 18:24.”
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NET Notes: Act 18:25 Grk “knowing”; the participle ἐπιστάμενος (epistameno") has been translated a...
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NET Notes: Act 18:27 Grk “who, when he arrived.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was repla...
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