KJV King James Version
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 18:4
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
WEB World English Bible
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
ASV American Standard Version
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
Surrounding context — Acts 18
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.
6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain [man’s] house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
διελέγετοG1256 · dialegōto disputeδὲG1161 · dethenἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoσυναγωγῇG4864 · sunagōgēsynagogueκατὰG2596 · kataaccording toπᾶνG3956 · pasallσάββατον,G4521 · sabbatonSabbathἔπειθένG3982 · peithōto persuadeτεG5037 · teand/bothἸουδαίουςG2453 · IoudaiosJewκαὶG2532 · kaiandἝλληνας.¶G1672 · HellēnGreek, Gentile
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.Acts 28:23And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till evening.Acts 17:17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.Acts 19:26Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:Acts 18:13Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.Luke 16:31And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.Acts 19:8And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.Acts 26:28Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.Acts 17:1-3Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:2 Chronicles 32:11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.Acts 13:14But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.Genesis 9:27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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