Acts 18:16

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
drave	ἀπήλασεν apēlasen	G556	to dismiss · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτοὺς autous	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
from	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
seat	βήματος.¶ bēmatos	G968	a step · noun — genitive singular neuter

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Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Romans 13:3-4 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt…
Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 18:12-17

We have here an account of some disturbance given to Paul and his friends at Corinth, but no great harm done, nor much hindrance given to the work of Christ there. I. Paul is accused by the Jews before the Roman governor, Act 18:12, Act 18:13. The governor was Gallio, deputy of Achaia, that is, proconsul; for Achaia was a consular province of the empire. This Gallio was elder brother to the famous Seneca; in his youth he was called Novatus, but took the name of Gallio upon his being adopted into the family of Julius Gallio; he is described by Seneca, his brother, to be a man of great ingenuous and great probity, and a man of wonderful good temper; he was called Dulcis Gallio - Sweet Gallio,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:16

drave them, &c.--annoyed at such a case.

Adam Clarke on Acts 18:16

And he drave them from the judgment seat - He saw that their accusation was both frivolous and vexatious, and he ordered them to depart, and the assembly to disperse. The word απηλασεν, which we translate he drave, does not signify here any act of violence on the part of Gallio or the Roman officers, but simply an authoritative dismission.

John Gill on Acts 18:16

And he drave them from the judgment seat. He would not hear, and try the cause; but dismissed them with threatening them, if ever they brought an affair of that kind to him any more.

John Calvin on Acts 18:12-17

Acts 18:12-17 12. Now when Gallio was deputy of Achaia, the Jews rose with one accord against Paul, and brought him before the judgment-seat, 13. Saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14. And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto them, If it were any injury or wicked fact, O Jews, I would according to reason maintain you: 15. But if it be a question of words and names, and your law, look ye to it yourselves; for I will be no judge in these matters. 16. And he drove them from the judgment-seat. 17. And when all the Greeks had caught Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, they smote him before the judgment-seat. Neither did Gallio care for any o…

Dictionary and topics

Corinth — A Grecian city, on the isthmus which joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. It is about 48 miles west of Athens. The ancient city was destroyed by the Romans (B.C. 146), and that mentioned…
Sosthenes — Safe in strength, the chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence of Gallio, the Roman governor, when he refused to proceed against Paul at the…
Gallio · Dismisses complaint of Jews against Paul — Dismisses complaint of Jews against Paul
Indictments · .Indictment quashed — .Indictment quashed
Magistrates · Wicked — Exemplified: Gallio — Wicked — Exemplified: Gallio
Nolle Prosequi · Of the complaint against Paul — Of the complaint against Paul

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Matthew Henry on Acts 18:12-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:16

Adam Clarke on Acts 18:16

John Gill on Acts 18:16

John Calvin on Acts 18:12-17

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Matthew Henry on Acts 18:12-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:16

Adam Clarke on Acts 18:16

John Gill on Acts 18:16

John Calvin on Acts 18:12-17

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 18:14-17