Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

New American Standard Bible

saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”

King James Version

Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Holman Bible

“This man,” they said, “persuades people to worship God contrary to the law!”

International Standard Version

They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the Law."

A Conservative Version

saying, This man is persuading men to worship God against the law.

American Standard Version

saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Amplified

declaring, “This man is persuading people to worship God in violation of the law [of Moses].”

An Understandable Version

and said [about him], "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law [of Moses]."

Anderson New Testament

saying: This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

Common New Testament

saying, "This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law."

Daniel Mace New Testament

this fellow, said they, would persuade us to set up a way of worship inconsistent with our law.

Darby Translation

saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

Godbey New Testament

saying, This one persuades men to worship God contrary to law.

Goodspeed New Testament

"This fellow," they said, "is trying to induce people to worship God in ways that are against the law."

John Wesley New Testament

This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Julia Smith Translation

Saying, This one persuades men to worship God against the law.

King James 2000

Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

Lexham Expanded Bible

saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law!"

Modern King James verseion

saying, This one persuades men to worship God contrary to the Law.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

saying, "This fellow counceleth men to worship God contrary to the law."

Moffatt New Testament

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

Montgomery New Testament

"This fellow," they said, "is persuading men to offer unlawful worship to God."

NET Bible

saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!"

New Heart English Bible

saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

Noyes New Testament

saying, This man persuadeth people to worship God contrary to the law.

Sawyer New Testament

saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

The Emphasized Bible

saying - Contrary to the law, is this one seducing men to be worshipping God.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

saying, This is the fellow that earnestly persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Charging him with persuading people to worship God in a way forbidden by the Law.

Webster

Saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Weymouth New Testament

"This man," they said, "is inducing people to offer unlawful worship to God."

Williams New Testament

and said, "This fellow is inducing people to worship God in ways that violate our laws."

World English Bible

saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."

Worrell New Testament

saying, "This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law."

Worsley New Testament

saying, this fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Youngs Literal Translation

saying -- 'Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

ἀναπείθω 
Anapeitho 
Usage: 1

men
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

to worship
σέβομαι 
Sebomai 
Usage: 8

God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

παρά 
Para 
of, with, from, by ... side, at, than,
Usage: 145

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Paul Accused Before The Proconsul Gallio

12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat, 13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law. 14 But 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:


Cross References

Acts 6:13

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

Acts 18:4

And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

Acts 18:15

But 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.

Acts 21:28

Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken Greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.

Acts 24:5-6

For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

Acts 25:8

Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

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