Acts 18:4
New International Version
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

New Living Translation
Each Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and Greeks alike.

English Standard Version
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

Berean Standard Bible
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

Berean Literal Bible
And he was reasoning in the synagogue on every Sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

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

New King James Version
And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

New American Standard Bible
And Paul was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

NASB 1995
And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

NASB 1977
And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

Amplified Bible
And he reasoned and debated in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks;

Christian Standard Bible
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he was speaking in the synagogue on every Sabbath and was persuading the Jews and the Pagans.

Contemporary English Version
Every Sabbath, Paul went to the synagogue. He spoke to Jews and Gentiles and tried to win them over.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, bringing in the name of the Lord Jesus; and he persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On every day of worship, Paul would discuss [Scripture] in the synagogue. He tried to win over Jews and Greeks who had converted to Judaism.

Good News Translation
He held discussions in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.

International Standard Version
Every Sabbath, he would speak in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

Literal Standard Version
and he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

Majority Standard Bible
Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

New American Bible
Every sabbath, he entered into discussions in the synagogue, attempting to convince both Jews and Greeks.

NET Bible
He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them.

New Revised Standard Version
Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks.

New Heart English Bible
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Weymouth New Testament
But, Sabbath after Sabbath, he preached in the synagogue and tried to win over both Jews and Greeks.

World English Bible
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

Young's Literal Translation
and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

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Context
Paul's Ministry in Corinth
3and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike. 5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.…

Cross References
John 7:35
At this, the Jews said to one another, "Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

Acts 9:20
Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, "He is the Son of God."

Acts 13:14
And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

Acts 14:1
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

Acts 18:19
When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.


Treasury of Scripture

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

he.

Acts 13:14
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.

Acts 14:1
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Acts 17:1-3,11,17
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: …

persuaded.

Acts 18:13
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

Acts 13:43
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 19:26
Moreover 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:

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Acts 18
1. Paul labors with his hands, and preaches at Corinth to the Gentiles.
9. The Lord encourages him in a vision.
12. He is accused before Gallio the deputy, but is dismissed.
18. Afterwards passing from city to city, he strengthens the disciples.
24. Apollos, being instructed by Aquila and Priscilla, preaches Christ boldly.














(4) He persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.--It is necessary to remind the reader that the latter word does not mean Greek-speaking Jews, or proselytes in the full sense of the word, but, as elsewhere (see Note on Acts 11:22), is used for those who were Gentiles by birth, and who, though worshipping in the synagogue, had not accepted circumcision.

(4) So far we have found reasons for the vow. But taken by itself, the vow would seem to have involved a continuous growth of hair rather than cropping it. How was that act connected with the vow? A probable answer to the question is found in the Apostle's language as to social customs in matters of this kind, in 1Corinthians 11:14. He condemns long hair as effeminate. But the Nazarite vow led to long hair as its natural consequence, and there was, therefore, the risk that while practising a rigorous austerity, he might seem to outside observers to be adopting an unmanly refinement. At Corinth men would, perhaps, know what his act meant, but in the regions to which he was now going it was wise to guard against the suspicion by a modification of the vow, such as Jewish law allowed.

Cenchreae was, as has been said, the eastern harbour of Corinth on the Saronic Gulf. Romans 16:1 indicates the existence of an organised Church there. The warm language of gratitude in which St. Paul speaks of Ph?be, the deaconess of the Church there, is best explained by supposing that she had ministered to him as such when he was suffering from bodily pain or infirmity, and this, in its turn, may afford another probable explanation of the vow.

Verse 4. - Jews and Greeks for the Jews and the Greeks, A.V. Observe again the influence of the synagogue upon the Greek population. Reasoned (see Acts 17:2, 17, note).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Every
πᾶν (pan)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

Sabbath
σάββατον (sabbaton)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 4521: The Sabbath, a week.

he reasoned
Διελέγετο (Dielegeto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1256: To converse, address, preach, lecture; I argue, reason. Middle voice from dia and lego; to say thoroughly, i.e. Discuss.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

synagogue,
συναγωγῇ (synagōgē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4864: From sunago; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue'; by analogy, a Christian church.

trying to persuade
ἔπειθέν (epeithen)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3982: A primary verb; to convince; by analogy, to pacify or conciliate; reflexively or passively, to assent, to rely.

Jews
Ἰουδαίους (Ioudaious)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Greeks
Ἕλληνας (Hellēnas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1672: From Hellas; a Hellen or inhabitant of Hellas; by extension a Greek-speaking person, especially a non-Jew.

alike.
τε (te)
Conjunction
Strong's 5037: And, both. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also.


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