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Acts 18:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the tribunal.

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When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.


But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.


He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.


As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped  in the regions of Achaia.


For I know your eagerness, and I boast about you to the Macedonians,  ‘Achaia  has been ready since last year’, and your zeal  has stirred up most of them.


Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will,  and Timothy  our  brother: To the church of God at Corinth,  with all the saints who are throughout Achaia.


Brothers and sisters, you know the household of Stephanas: They are the firstfruits  of Achaia  and have devoted themselves to serving the saints. I urge you


because Macedonia  and Achaia  were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.


Paul replied, ‘I am standing at Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as even you yourself know very well.


But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and upsetting  the crowds.


Some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.


But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.


While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, ‘Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.’


Yet you have dishonoured the poor.  Don’t the rich oppress you and drag  you into court?


Greet also the church that meets in their home.  Greet my dear friend Epaenetus, who is the first convert  , to Christ from Asia.  ,


But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.


Then, when he saw what happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.


When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s seat in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Aramaic,  Gabbatha).


But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed  them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.


He stayed there for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among them.


After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit  to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. ‘After I’ve been there,’ he said, ‘it is necessary for me to see Rome as well.’


On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers,  dangers from my own people,  dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers;


For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea,  since you have also suffered  the same things from people of your own country,  just as they did from the Jews


by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit,  and wrath has overtaken them at last.





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