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Acts 18:15

James Moffatt - New Testament

But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."

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where I found he was accused of matters relating to their Law but not impeached for any crime that deserved death or imprisonment.

The questions at issue referred to their own religion and to a certain Jesus who had died. Paul said he was alive.

is a conceited, ignorant creature, with a morbid passion for controversy and argument which only leads to envy, dissension, insults, insinuations,

But avoid foolish controversy, and let genealogies and dissensions and strife over the Law alone, for these are fruitless and futile.

Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.

and studying myths and interminable genealogies; such studies bear upon speculations rather than on the divine order which belongs to faith.

for you are well acquainted with all Jewish customs and questions. Pray listen to me then with patience.

If I am a criminal, if I have done anything that deserves death, I do not object to die; but if there is nothing in any of their charges against me, then no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

Now when Pilate saw that instead of him doing any good a riot was rising, he took some water and washed his hands in presence of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this good man's blood. It is your affair!"

Then said Pilate, "Take him yourselves, and sentence him according to your own Law." The Jews said, "We have no right to put anyone to death"

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

crying, "This fellow incites men to worship God contrary to the Law."




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