Acts 18:6 meaning and explanation

But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 18:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul has been preaching in the Corinthian synagogue every Sabbath, and now the opposition turns hostile. Shaking out his garments is a gesture of protest, like shaking dust from one's feet, declaring that he has done all he can.

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