Acts 18:4

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Summary

Acts 18:4

And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

He

Luke 4:16

Persuaded

2 Corinthians 5:11

General references

Acts 18:13

Bible References

He

but they passed on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch. On the sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down;

At Iconium the same thing happened. They went into the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a way that a great body both of Jews and Greeks believed.

Travelling on through Amphipolis and Apollonia they reached Thessalonica. Here there was a Jewish synagogue,

Then Paul entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out fearlessly, arguing and persuading people about the Reign of God.

Then he came to Nazaret, where he had been brought up, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue as was his custom. He stood up to read the lesson

Persuaded

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

After the synagogue broke up, a number of the Jews and the devout proselytes followed them; Paul and Barnabas talked to them and encouraged them to hold by the grace of God.

You also see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over Asia this fellow Paul has drawn off a considerable number of people by his persuasions. He declares that hand-made gods are not gods at all.

"At this rate," Agrippa remarked, "it won't be long before you believe you have made a Christian of me!"

So they fixed a day and came to him at his quarters in large numbers. From morning to evening he explained the Reign of God to them from personal testimony, and tried to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets.

He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

If I 'appeal to the interests of men,' then, it is with the fear of the Lord before my mind. What I am is plain to God without disguise, plain also, I trust, to your own conscience.

General references

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