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At Ephesus Paul "departed from them" (19:9). Did the whole synagogue turn against him?

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The chapter doesn't say so. Paul "entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom" (19:8). Then: "But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus." (19:9). The verse says "some". It goes on: "This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks." (19:10). The chapter doesn't say who the "some" were beyond these words, and these notes apply 19:9 to no people or group today.

The verses

“He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom. But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.”
Acts 19:8-10 · World English Bible

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