Chiasm
Acts 18:12–17
Acts 18:12–173 matched frames1 pivot
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
- B 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
- C 14-15 And 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: 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.
- D 16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
- C' 17a Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat.
- C 14-15 And 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: 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.
- B' 17b And Gallio cared for none of those things.
- B 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
- A' (Implied: Paul protected from the Jewish opposition)