Acts 18:16

Acts 18:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he drave them from the judgment seat.
• New International Version (NIV)So he drove them off.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he drove them from the tribunal.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he drove them from the judgment seat.

Context of Acts 18:16

14Paul was ready to speak, but Gallio spoke first to the Jews. He said, ‘If this man had done a very bad thing, then I would judge him. It would be right for me to listen to you. 15But you are arguing about words and names and your own Jewish law. So you yourselves must decide what to do about it. I will not be a judge to decide about these things.’ Then Gallio told his soldiers to take the Jewish leaders away. 17Then the whole crowd of people took hold of a man called Sosthenes. He was the leader of the Jewish meeting place there. The crowd hit him with sticks in front of Gallio. But Gallio did nothing to stop them. He did not think it was important. 18Paul remained in Corinth with the believers for many days. Then he left them. Priscilla and Aquila also went with him. They went to the port called Cenchrea. They got on a ship there to sail to Syria. Before they left, someone cut off all the hair on Paul's head. This showed that he had made a promise to God.

Acts 18:16 word by word

καὶ ἀπήλασεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ βήματος.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he draveἀπελαύνωapelaunō · to ejectG556
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the judgment seatὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the judgment seatβῆμαbēma · judgement seatG968

Cross-references for Acts 18:16

• Psalms 76:10Everybody will praise you, even those who are angry against you. You will show them how angry you really are.
• Romans 13:3People who do good things do not need to be afraid of the rulers. Only people who do bad things should be afraid of the rulers. Do you want to live and not be afraid of the rulers? Then you must do good things and they will respect you.
• Revelation 12:16But a big hole opened in the ground. The river that poured from the dragon's mouth went down into the hole. That helped the woman to escape.

Commentaries on Acts 18:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16And 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 , 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16And he drave them … - He refused to hear and decide the controversy. The word used here does not denote that there was any violence used by Gallio, but merely that he dismissed them in an authoritative manner.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Paul was about to show that he did not teach men to worship God contrary to law; but the judge would not allow the Jews to complain to him of what was not within his office. It was right in Gallio that he left the Jews to themselves in matters relating to their religion, but yet would not let them, under pretence of that, persecute another. But it was wrong to speak slightly of a law and religion which he might have known to be of God, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17Gallio’s ruling indicated that the charges against Paul were unjustified. The Roman government had nothing to fear from acknowledging Christianity as a legal religion.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1712-17. when Gallio was the deputy--"the proconsul." See on Ac 13:7. He was brother to the celebrated philosopher Seneca, the tutor of Nero, who passed sentence of death on both.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 18:16

• Gallio
• Indictments
• Nolle Prosequi
• Paul

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Commentaries on Acts 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings