saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.”
See how the Jews moved in unity against Paul, rushing him violently before Gallio without time to prepare. But their charge rings hollow: they accuse him of persuading men to worship God contrary to law, as if the remedy for false doctrine is force. The work of Christ goes forward at Corinth despite their insurrection, and no great harm comes of it.
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Commenting on Acts 18:12-17
They said Paul taught contrary to the law of Moses, but this was simply false: Moses himself wrote of Christ and commanded Israel to hear Him. The accusation collapses the moment you open the Scripture they claim to defend.
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Their charge was cunning: they framed Paul as teaching unlawful worship, meaning to breach both Roman law and Jewish custom. The Jews had legal permission to worship in their own way; now they pretended Paul had abandoned that way and invented his own.
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