Act 18:14 | NET2full | STEP | But just as Paul was about to speak , Gallio said to the Jews , “ If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy , I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews ,

‏ Acts 18:14

14 But just as Paul was about to speak, ^{▼▼tn Grk “about to open his mouth” (an idiom).} Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ^{▼▼tn BDAG 902 s.v. ῥᾳδιούργημα states, “From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of a serious misdeed, crime, villainy…a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα).”} I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ^{▼▼tn According to BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνέχω 3 this is a legal technical term: “Legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.”} of you Jews, ^{▼▼tn Grk “accepting your complaint, O Jews.”}