Acts 18:14-17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 18:12-17

We have here an account of some disturbance given to Paul and his friends at Corinth, but no great harm done, nor much hindrance given to the work of Christ there. I. Paul is accused by the Jews before the Roman governor, Acts 18:12, 13. The governor was Gallio, deputy of Achaia, that is, proconsul; for Achaia was a consular province of the empire. This Gallio was elder brother to the famous Seneca; in his youth he was called Novatus, but took the name of Gallio upon his being adopted into the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 18:12-17

18:12-17 When Gallio was proconsul of Asia, the Jews got together to make an attack on Paul. They brought him to the judgment seat and said, "This man seduces men to worship God contrary to the Law." When Paul was going to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "You Jews, if this were a matter of crime or of wicked misbehaviour I would of course listen with patience to you; but if this is a question of talk and words and a law observed by you, see to it yourselves. I have no wish to be judge of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:14

And when Paul was now about to open his mouth ,.... In his own defence, and plead his own cause, and answer to the charge exhibited against him: Gallio said unto the Jews, if it was matter of wrong ; of injury to any man's person or property, as murder, theft, &c.; or wicked lewdness ; as fraud, forgery, perjury, treason, &c.; O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you : his sense is, that it would be according to right reason, and agreeably to his office as a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:15

But if it be a question of words ,.... "Or of the word", what the Jews called the word of God, which Gallio did not pretend to understand: "and names"; as the names of God, of Jesus, and of Christ, whether he is God, and the Messiah: and of your law ; concerning circumcision, whether these Christians, and the proselytes they make, are obliged unto it: look ye to it ; suggesting that this was a matter that lay before them, and they were the proper judges of, and might determine for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:16

And he drave them from the judgment seat. He would not hear, and try the cause; but dismissed them with threatening them, if ever they brought an affair of that kind to him any more. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes ,.... These were not the Greeks or Gentiles that were devout persons, or converted to Christianity, and were on the side of Paul, and fell foul on Sosthenes, as being his chief accuser; for this is not agreeably to the spirit and character of such persons, but the profane and unconverted Greeks, who observing that Gallio sent the Jews away, with some resentment and contempt, were encouraged to fall upon the principal of them, and use him in a very ill... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:14

Paul was now about to open his mouth - He was about to enter on his defense; but Gallio, perceiving that the prosecution was through envy and malice, would not put Paul to any farther trouble, but determined the matter as follows. If it were a matter of wrong - Αδικημα , Of injustice; any thing contrary to the rights of the subject. Or wicked lewdness - Ῥᾳδιουργημα πονηρον , Destructive mischief. (See the note on Acts 13:10 , where the word is explained.) Something by which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:15

But if it be a question of words - Περι λογου , Concerning doctrine and names - whether the person called Jesus be the person you call the Messiah. And of your law - any particular nicety, concerning that law which is peculiar to yourselves: Look ye to it - settle the business among yourselves; the Roman government does not meddle with such matters, and I will not take upon me to - decide in a case that does not concern my office. As if he had said: "The Roman laws give religious liberty... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:16

And 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 απηλασεν , 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 more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes - As this man is termed the chief ruler of the synagogue, it is probable that he had lately succeeded Crispus in that office; see Acts 18:8 ; and that he was known either to have embraced Christianity, or to have favored the cause of St. Paul. He is supposed to be the same person whom St. Paul associates with himself in the first epistle to the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians 1:1 . Crispus might have been removed from his presidency in the synagogue as soon... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 18:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 18:12-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 18:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 18:17

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