Acts 18:17
And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.
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- 1 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, and Sosthenes the brother,
- 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;
- Amos 6:6 : 6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
- Acts 17:32 : 32 Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
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- Acts 18:11-166 verses87%
11And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,
13Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.
14But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:
15But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.
16And he sent them away from the judge's seat.
- Acts 16:19-235 verses73%
19But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;
20And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;
21Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
22And the people made an attack on them all together: and the authorities took their clothing off them, and gave orders for them to be whipped.
23And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
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32And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.
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1Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:
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5And when a violent attempt was made by the Gentiles and the Jews, with their rulers, to make an attack on them and have them stoned,
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- Acts 17:8-103 verses69%
8And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.
9And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.
10And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.
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17Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.
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19And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:
- Acts 18:18-192 verses69%
18And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.
19And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.
- Acts 19:29-302 verses69%
29And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
30And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.
- Acts 18:6-83 verses69%
6And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.
7And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.
8And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.
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4And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.
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37But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.
38And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;
- Acts 17:4-52 verses68%
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24The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.
25And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?
- Acts 21:27-282 verses68%
27And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the Temple, got the people together and put their hands on him,
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32And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.
33Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:
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57But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
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11And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.
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21For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.
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3Paul had a desire for him to go with him, and he gave him circumcision because of the Jews who were in those parts: for they all had knowledge that his father was a Greek.
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17So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.