Acts 18:12-17
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Paul Is Brought Before The Proconsul By The Jews. Gallio Refuses To Intervene
12 Now while Gallio[a] was being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with-one-accord rose-up-against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, 13 saying that “This one is persuading[b] people to worship God contrary to the Law”. 14 And Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were some crime or evil villainy, O Jews, I would have borne-with you in accordance with reason— 15 but since it is issues about talk[c] and names[d] and your Law, see to it yourselves. I am not willing to be a judge of these things”. 16 And he drove them away from the judgment-seat. 17 And having all taken-hold-of Sosthenes, the synagogue-official, they were striking him in front of the judgment seat. And none of these[e] things was-a-concern to Gallio.
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- Acts 18:12 Junius Gallio, the brother of Seneca the philosopher, was the Roman proconsul (governor) of Achaia in a.d. 51-52.
- Acts 18:13 Or more negatively, inducing.
- Acts 18:15 That is, as opposed to deeds. Or, a word, a message.
- Acts 18:15 Perhaps Gallio means whether ‘Jesus’ is also ‘Christ’.
- Acts 18:17 That is, the matters raised by the Jews; or, the beating of Sosthenes; or, both.
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