{"id":1847,"date":"2011-12-18T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:44:05","slug":"acts-1812-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1847","title":{"rendered":"Acts 18:12-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

12<\/sup> When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

13<\/sup> saying, \u201cThis fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14<\/sup> And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, \u201cIf it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15<\/sup> But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

16<\/sup> And he drove them from the judgment seat.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

17<\/sup> Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Gallio (v.12) \u2014 Elder brother of Seneca, the famous philosopher, Nero’s tutor and favorite, and uncle of Lucan the poet. He was born in Spain, his father being Marcus Annaeus Novatus, but he was adopted by Lucius Junius Gallio, whose name he assumed. That he held office in Achaia is corroborated by the statement of Seneca that he caught fever there and had to leave for a sea-voyage. Since his brother Seneca was in disgrace from A.D. 41-49, when he again regained the emperor’s favor, Gallio must have been governor of Achaia subsequent to that date. The most probably dates for his assuming that office are A.D. 52 and A.D. 53, most likely the former. Pliny mentions that he afterwards attained the dignity of counsul at Rome. Contemporary evidence shows him to have been a man of a particularly amiable disposition.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Proconsul (v.12) \u2014 Achaia had been a senatorial province from 27 B.C. \u2014 A.D. 15. It was then amalgamated with Macedonia and Mysia into an imperial province. From A.D. 44, however, Claudius had made it once more a senatorial province, under a proconsul. So Luke is again seen to be remarkably accurate in his terminology. \u2014 Walker, pages 393-394.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Achaia (v.12) \u2014 All of Greece under the Romans<\/h3>\n

rose up against (v.12) \u2014 a violent assault<\/h3>\n

judgment seat (v.12) \u2014 a moveable seat set up on the agora for the purpose of trials<\/h3>\n

Their complaint was that Paul sought to persuade men to worship God “contrary to the law.” They could<\/em>, of course, have referred to their<\/em> law (see verse 15) for the Hebrew religion was then protected by the Roman government. It seems more probable, however, that they meant that Paul was setting up an unlicensed<\/em> religion \u2014 one not included among those which were permitted under Roman law. When we consider the wicked and degrading religions which Roman law did<\/em> permit, right here in Corinth, this charge against Paul was a shabby one indeed. \u2014 Stam, page 137.<\/span><\/h3>\n

wrongdoing (v.14) \u2014 legal wrong<\/h3>\n

wicked crimes (v.14) \u2014 moral delinquency<\/h3>\n

words (v.15) \u2014 as opposed to deeds<\/h3>\n

names (v.15) \u2014 as opposed to realities<\/h3>\n

own law (v.15) \u2014 Jewish law as opposed to Roman law<\/h3>\n

Sostenes (v.17) \u2014 He is described as “the ruler of the synagogue,” and probably succeeded Crispus in office after the latter’s conversion (v.8<\/span><\/a>). Doubtless, he was the leader of the Jewish party in their prosecution of Paul, and the irritated Greeks seized on him as such. We do not know that he is the same person as is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 1:1<\/span><\/a>. If so, he must have been converted after this event. Possibly, the beating which he now received induced serious reflections. \u2014 Walker, page 396.<\/span><\/h3>\n

beat him (v.17) \u2014 repeatedly \u2014 a series of blows<\/h3>\n

took no notice (v.17) \u2014 Probably thinking Sosthenes, as the leader of the Jewish mob who stirred up trouble, deserved what he received<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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