<p>13:42 <i>And as they went out, they pleaded that these words might be spoken to them the next Sabbath</i>- The &quot;words&quot; included the stark warning of condemnation with which Paul concluded in :41. The harder side of God attracts; the reality of the issues before us, of eternal life and eternal death, attract attention in a way which a 'softer' approach cannot. And the Gentiles were attracted by the logic of the idea of righteousness imputed by grace through the faith of literally any human; see on :39.</p>