Acts
King James Version (KJV)
Acts 18:15
“But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.”
King James Version (KJV)
Acts 18:15 Context
12And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 15But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 16And he drave them from the judgment seat. 17Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. 18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
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Other Translations
But if it be a question of words, and names, and of your law, looke ye to it: for I wil be no iudge of such matters.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
but if it be questions about words, and names, and the law that ye have, see to it yourselves; [for] *I* do not intend to be judge of these things.
- Darby Bible
But if it is a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it: for I will be no judge of such matters.
- Webster's Bible
But since these are questions about words and names and your Law, you yourselves must see to them. I refuse to be a judge in such matters."
- Weymouth Bible
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters."
- World English Bible
but if questiouns ben of the word, and of names of youre lawe, bisee you silf; Y wole not be domesman of these thingis.
- Wycliffe Bible
but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves [to it], for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
but if it be questions about words, and names, and the law that ye have, see to it yourselves; [for] *I* do not intend to be judge of these things.
- Darby Bible
But if it is a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it: for I will be no judge of such matters.
- Webster's Bible
But since these are questions about words and names and your Law, you yourselves must see to them. I refuse to be a judge in such matters."
- Weymouth Bible
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters."
- World English Bible
but if questiouns ben of the word, and of names of youre lawe, bisee you silf; Y wole not be domesman of these thingis.
- Wycliffe Bible
but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves [to it], for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Acts 18:15
18:15 But if it be - He speaks with the utmost coolness and contempt, a question of names - The names of the heathen gods were fables and shadows. But the question concerning the name of Jesus is of more importance than all things else under heaven. Yet there is this singularity (among a thousand others) in the Christian religion, that human reason, curious as it is in all other things, abhors to inquire into it.