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Acts 18:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But since this concerns only words, names, and your own law, you will have to take care of it. I refuse to judge such matters.”

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Pilate saw that there was nothing he could do and that the people were starting to riot. So he took some water and washed his hands in front of them and said, “I won't have anything to do with killing this man. You are the ones doing it!”

and said, “I have sinned by betraying a man who has never done anything wrong.” “So what? That's your problem,” they replied.

Pilate told them, “Take him and judge him by your own laws.” The crowd replied, “We are not allowed to put anyone to death.”

and said, “This man is trying to make our people worship God in a way that is against our Law!”

and learnt that the charges concern only their religious laws. This man isn't guilty of anything for which he should die or even be put in jail.

If I had done something deserving death, I would not ask to escape the death penalty. But I am not guilty of any of these crimes, and no one has the right to hand me over to these people. I now ask to be tried by the Emperor himself.”

Instead, they argued with him about some of their beliefs and about a dead man named Jesus, who Paul said was alive.

You know a lot about our religious customs and the beliefs that divide us. So I ask you to listen patiently to me.

You needed to warn them to stop wasting their time on senseless stories and endless lists of ancestors. Such things only cause arguments. They don't help anyone to do God's work that can only be done by faith.

Those people who disagree are proud of themselves, but they don't really know a thing. Their minds are sick, and they like to argue over words. They cause jealousy, disagreements, unkind words, evil suspicions,

Stay away from stupid and senseless arguments. These only lead to trouble,

But don't have anything to do with stupid arguments about ancestors. And stay away from disagreements and quarrels about the Law of Moses. Such arguments are useless and senseless.




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