Acts 18:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.”

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BSBPD

““This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“saying--`Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 18:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
  2. Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
  3. 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.”
  4. 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.”
  5. Acts 24:5We 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,
  6. 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.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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