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Acts 18:12

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (southern Greece), the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bigotry;   Conspiracy;   Deputy;   Gallio;   Judgment-Seat;   Nolle Prosequi;   Paul;   Thompson Chain Reference - Church;   Jews;   Judgment Seat;   Paul;   Persecution;   Proconsuls;   Suffering for Righteousness' S;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Courts of Justice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Gallio;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Acts, book of;   Corinth;   Corinthians, letters to the;   Rome;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Corinth;   Deputy;   Gallio;   Sosthenes;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Corinth;   Deputy;   Gallio;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Acts;   Chronology of the Biblical Period;   Corinth;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deputy;   Gallio;   Greece;   Insurrection;   Jews in the New Testament;   Judgment Seat;   Luke, Gospel of;   Oration, Orator;   Persecution in the Bible;   Proconsul;   Roman Law;   Romans, Book of;   Rome and the Roman Empire;   Sosthenes;   1 Corinthians;   1 Thessalonians;   2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Achaia;   Acts of the Apostles;   Chronology of the New Testament;   Deputy;   Gallio;   Judgment-Seat;   Proconsul;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Achaia;   Dates;   Gallio;   Greece ;   Jew, Jewess;   Judgment-Seat;   Nation (2);   Nazirite;   Paul;   Proconsul;   Roman Law in the Nt;   Sosthenes;   Trial-At-Law;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Achaia ;   Deputy;   Gallio ;   Grecia, Greece;   Judgement-Seat,;   Proconsul;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Achaia;   Gallio;   Sosthenes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Acha'ia;   Gal'lio;   Roman Empire;   Sos'thenes;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gallio;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accord;   Achaia;   Acts of the Apostles;   Chronology of the New Testament;   Deputy;   Gallio;   Judgment Seat;   Proconsul;   Rome;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Achaia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Corinth;   Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the tribunal.
King James Version (1611)
And when Gallio was the Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seat,
King James Version
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
English Standard Version
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
New American Standard Bible
But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
New Century Version
When Gallio was the governor of the country of Southern Greece, some people came together against Paul and took him to the court.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Legacy Standard Bible
But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Berean Standard Bible
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
Contemporary English Version
While Gallio was governor of Achaia, some of the Jewish leaders got together and grabbed Paul. They brought him into court
Complete Jewish Bible
But when Gallio became the Roman governor of Achaia, the unbelieving Jews made a concerted attack on Sha'ul and took him to court,
Darby Translation
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat,
Easy-to-Read Version
During the time that Gallio was the governor of Achaia, some of the Jews came together against Paul. They took him to court.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Now when Gallio was Deputie of Achaia, the Iewes arose with one accorde against Paul, and brought him to the iudgement seate,
George Lamsa Translation
And when Gal''li-o was proconsul of Acha''ia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul; and they brought him to the judgment seat,
Good News Translation
When Gallio was made the Roman governor of Achaia, Jews there got together, seized Paul, and took him into court.
Lexham English Bible
Now when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one purpose against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Literal Translation
But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rushed against Paul with one passion and led him to the tribunal,
American Standard Version
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,
Bible in Basic English
But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,
Hebrew Names Version
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Yehudim with one accord rose up against Sha'ul and brought him before the judgment seat,
International Standard Version
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews united in an attack on Paul and brought him before the judge's seat.
Etheridge Translation
AND when Galion was proconsul of Akaia, they gathered together against Paulos, and brought him before the tribunal,
Murdock Translation
And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews assembled together against Paul; and they brought him before the judgment-seat,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Gallio was the deputie of Achaia, the Iewes made insurrection with one accord against Paul, & brought hym to the iudgement seate,
English Revised Version
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul, and brought him before the judgment-seat,
World English Bible
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made an assault with one consent upon Paul, and brought him to the judgment-seat, Saying,
Weymouth's New Testament
But when Gallio became Proconsul of Greece, the Jews with one accord made a dead set at Paul, and brought him before the court.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne Gallion was proconsul of Acaye, Jewis risen vp with oo wille ayens Poul, and ledden hym to the doom,
Update Bible Version
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,
Webster's Bible Translation
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment-seat,
New English Translation
Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,
New King James Version
When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,
New Living Translation
But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, some Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment.
New Life Bible
Gallio was leader of the country of Greece. All the Jews worked against Paul and brought him in front of the court.
New Revised Standard
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews, with one accord, set upon Paul, and led him unto the judgment-seat,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,
Revised Standard Version
But when Gallio was proconsul of Acha'ia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Gallio was rular of the countre of Acaia the Iewes made insurreccion with one accorde agaynst Paul and brought him to the iudgement seate
Young's Literal Translation
And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord upon Paul, and brought him unto the tribunal,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan Gallio was ruler of the countre of Achaia, the Iewes made insurreccion wt one acorde agaynst Paul, & broughte him before the iudgment seate,
Mace New Testament (1729)
When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a general insurrection against Paul, and carry'd him to his tribunal.
THE MESSAGE
But when Gallio was governor of Achaia province, the Jews got up a campaign against Paul, hauled him into court, and filed charges: "This man is seducing people into acts of worship that are illegal."
Simplified Cowboy Version
But then a fellow named Gallio rose to power in Achaia. Some Jews got together and started a ruckus about Paul. They hauled him in before the new governor and demanded a trial.

Contextual Overview

12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (southern Greece), the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,13declaring, "This man is persuading people to worship God in violation of the law [of Moses]." 14But when Paul was about to reply, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of some misdemeanor or serious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to put up with you; 15but since it is merely a question [of doctrine within your religion] about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to judge these matters." 16And he drove them away from the judgment seat. 17Then the Greeks all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him right in front of the judgment seat; but Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cir, am 4059, ad 55

the deputy: Acts 13:7, Acts 13:12

Achaia: Acts 18:27, Romans 15:26, Romans 16:5, 1 Corinthians 16:15, 2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 Corinthians 9:2, 2 Corinthians 11:10, 1 Thessalonians 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 1:8

the Jews: Acts 13:50, Acts 14:2, Acts 14:19, Acts 17:5, Acts 17:13, Acts 21:27-36

the judgment: Acts 18:16, Acts 18:17, Acts 25:10, Matthew 27:19, John 19:13, James 2:6

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 12:6 - yea Luke 2:2 - governor Acts 6:12 - and caught Acts 16:19 - they Acts 16:22 - the multitude Acts 17:6 - they drew Acts 25:6 - sitting Acts 26:17 - Delivering Acts 28:7 - the chief 2 Corinthians 6:5 - in tumults 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - Forbidding

Cross-References

Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?"
Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly, get ready three measures of fine meal, knead it and bake cakes."
Genesis 18:7
Abraham also ran to the herd and brought a calf, tender and choice, and he gave it to the servant [to butcher], and he hurried to prepare it.
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.
Genesis 18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself [when she heard the LORD'S words], saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband) being also old?"
Genesis 18:13
And the LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh [to herself], saying, 'Shall I really give birth [to a child] when I am so old?'
Genesis 18:18
since Abraham is destined to become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?
Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, "The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Psalms 126:2
Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
Ephesians 5:33
However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia,.... This province, which was now become a Roman one, Pliny the younger q calls true and mere Greece; it went by the name of Aegialus r, and now it is called Livadia: it has on the north the country of Thessaly, and on the west the river Acheloo, or Aracheo, on the east the Aegean sea, and on the south Peloponnesus, or the Morea. Gallio, who was now deputy of it, was brother to L. Annaeus Seneca, the famous philosopher, who was preceptor to Nero; his name at first was M. Annaeus Novatus, but being adopted by L. Junius Gallio, he took the name of the family. According to his brother's account of him s, he was a very modest man, of a sweet disposition, and greatly beloved; and Statius t calls him Dulcem Gallionem, "the sweet Gallio", mild and gentle in his speech, as Quintilian says. Seneca u makes mention of him as being in Achaia; and whilst he was deputy there he had a fever, when as soon as it took him he went aboard a ship, crying, that it was not the disease of the body, but of the place.

The Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul; being provoked that so many of their people, as well as of the Gentiles, were converted by him to the Christian religion, and were baptized:

and brought him to the judgment seat; of Gallio, the deputy, to be tried and judged by him.

q L. 8. Ep. 24. r Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 4. c. 5. Pausanias, l. 7. p. 396. s Praefat. ad. l. 4. Nat. Quaest. t Sylvarum, l. 2. Sylv. 7. u Ep. 104.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And Gallio - After the Romans had conquered Greece they reduced it to two provinces, Macedonia and Achaia, which were each governed by a proconsul. Gallio was the brother of the celebrated philosopher Seneca, and was made proconsul of Achaia in 53 a.d. His proper name was Marcus Annaeus Novatus, but, having been adopted into the family of Gallio, a rhetorician, he took his name. He is mentioned by ancient writers as having been of a remarkably mild and amiable disposition. His brother Seneca (“Praef. Quest.” Nat. 4) describes him as being of the most lovely temper: “No mortal,” says he, “was ever so mild to anyone as he was to all: and in him there was such a natural power of goodness, that there was no semblance of art or dissimulation.”

Was the deputy - See this word explained in the notes on Acts 13:7. It means here proconsul.

Of Achaia - This word, in its largest sense, comprehended the whole of Greece. Achaia proper, however, was a province of which Corinth was the capital. It embraced that part of Greece lying between Thessaly and the southern part of the Peloponnesus.

The Jews made insurrection - Excited a tumult, as they had in Philippi, Antioch, etc.

And brought him to the judgment seat - The tribunal of Gallio; probably intending to arraign him as a disturber of the peace.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 18:12. When Gallio was the deputy of Achaia — The Romans comprehended, under the name of Achaia, all that part of Greece which lay between Thessaly and the southernmost coasts of Peloponnesus. Pausanias, in Attic. vii. 16, says that the Romans were accustomed to send a governor into that country, and that they called him the governor of Achaia, not of Greece; because the Achaeans, when they subdued Greece, were the leaders in all the Grecian affairs see also Suetonius, in his life of Claudius, cap. xxv., and Dio Cassius, lx. 24. Edit. Reimari.

Deputy — ανθυπατευοντος, serving the office of ανθυπατος, or deputy: see Clark's note on "Acts 13:7".

Gallio — This deputy, or proconsul, was eldest brother to the celebrated Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the stoic philosopher, preceptor of Nero, and who is so well known among the learned by his works. The name of Gallio, was at first Marcus Annaeus Novatus; but, having been adopted in the family of Gallio, he took the name of Lucius Junius Gallio. He, and Annaeus Mela his brother, father of the poet Lucan, shared in the disgrace of their brother Seneca; and by this tyrant, Nero, whose early years were so promising, the three brothers were put to death; see Tacitus, Annal. lib. xv. 70, and xvi. 17. It was to this Gallio that Seneca dedicates his book De Ira. Seneca describes him as a man of the most amiable mind and manners: "Quem nemo non parum amat, etiam qui amare plus non potent; nemo mortalium uni tam dulcis est, quam hic omnibus: cum interim tanta naturalis boni vis est, uti artem simulationemque non redoleat:" vide Senec. Praefat. ad Natural. Quaest. 4. He was of the sweetest disposition, affable to all, and beloved by every man.

Statius, Sylvar. lib. ii. 7. ver. 30, Ode on the Birthday of Lucan, says not a little in his favour, in a very few words:-

Lucanum potes imputare terris;

Hoc plus quam Senecam dedisse mundo,

Aut dulcem generasse Gallionem.


You may consider nature as having made greater efforts in producing Lucan, than it has done in producing Seneca, or even the amiable GALLIO.

And brought him to the judgment seat — They had no power to punish any person in the Roman provinces, and therefore were obliged to bring their complaint before the Roman governor. The powers that be are ordained of God. Had the Jews possessed the power here, Paul had been put to death!


 
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