Acts 18:12

Acts 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,

Context of Acts 18:12

10because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat, 13saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!” 14But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,

Acts 18:12 word by word

Γαλλίωνος δὲ ἀνθυπάτου ὄντος τῆς Ἀχαΐας κατεπέστησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when GallioΓαλλίωνGalliōn · GallioG1058
• was the deputyἀνθυπατεύωanthupateuō · to be proconsulG445
• of AchaiaἈχαΐαAchaia · AchaiaG882
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• made insurrectionκατεφίστημιkatephistēmi · to attackG2721
• with one accordὁμοθυμαδόνhomothumadon · unitedG3661
• against PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• broughtἄγωagō · to bringG71
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the judgment seatβῆμαbēma · judgement seatG968

Cross-references for Acts 18:12

• Acts 13:7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
• Acts 18:27When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,
• Romans 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
• Romans 16:5Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
• 1 Corinthians 16:15Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you
• 2 Corinthians 1:1From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.
• 2 Corinthians 9:2because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them.
• 2 Corinthians 11:10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
• Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
• Acts 14:2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 17:5But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
• Acts 18:16Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.
• Acts 25:10Paul replied, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
• Matthew 27:19As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today.”

Commentaries on Acts 18:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12When 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And 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…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. 12-13The governor (or proconsul) of Achaia, Junius Gallio, was the older brother of the Roman philosopher Seneca. Seneca later served as a tutor to Emperor Nero. An ancient inscription shows that Gallio was governor around AD 51–52. This helps scholars date Paul’s visit to Corinth to about the same time.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

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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