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Verse 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...
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AND 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 authoritat...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. In Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla. His Testimony and
Separation from the Jews (Acts 18:1)._
2. Encouragement from the Lord in a vision (Acts 18:9).
3. Paul and Gallio (Acts 18:12...
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GALLIO AND PAUL. Gallio's proconsulship is fixed by an inscription at
Delphi which came to light in 1905; and gives an absolute date in
Pauline chronology (p. 655). He had not been proconsul when Paul...
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PREACHING IN CORINTH (Acts 18:1-11)
Its very position made Corinth (G2882) a key city of Greece. Greece
is almost cut in two by the sea. On one side is the Saronic Gulf with
its port of Cenchrea and...
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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...
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DRAVE. Greek. _apelauno._ Only here. They probably persisted in their
charges and so the liotors were ordered to clear the court....
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PAUL IS ACCUSED BEFORE GALLIO, WHO DECLINES TO CONSIDER THE CHARGE
AGAINST HIM. IN CONSEQUENCE, THE POPULACE FALL AT ONCE ON SOSTHÉNES,
A CHIEF MAN AMONG THE JEWS, BUT GALLIO LETS THEIR ASSAULT PASS
U...
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ΚΑῚ�, _and he drave them from the judgement seat_. The
description given by St Luke makes it probable that Gallio’s
βῆμα was in some open public place, whither all might come and
bring their plaints....
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_THE COLDNESS OF GALLIO TOWARD PAUL ACTS 18:12-17:_ The Jews brought
Paul before Gallio's judgment seat saying, "This man is teaching the
people to give worship to God in a way which is against the la...
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ΆΠΉΛΑΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΕΛΑΎΝΩ (G556)
прогонять прочь. Более сильный термин,
чем "отсылать прочь" (Haenchen)....
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IN CORINTH. Acts 18:1-17.
Acts 18:1
After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Acts 18:2
And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race,
lately come from Ita...
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See notes on verse 14...
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And he drave them from the judgment seat.
AND HE DRAVE THEM FROM THE JUDGMENT SEAT - `chased them from the
tribunal,' or contemptuously ordered them out of court, annoyed at
such a case....
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3 While in Thessalonica he had been supported partly by gifts from
Philippi, but now he engaged in tentmaking as a means of. livelihood.
During his early days in Corinth his heart was continually occu...
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SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY (CONCLUDED)
1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman
province of Achaia. The ancient town had been entirely destroyed in
146 b.c. by the Roman general...
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ST PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, 49, 50 A.D. (ACTS 15:36 TO ACTS
18:22)
Having secured the formal recognition by the Twelve of Gentile
Christianity, St. Paul was free to resume his missionary labo...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 18
PAUL GOES TO CORINTH, 18:1-4
V1 After this, Paul left Athens and he went to Corinth. V2 In
Corinth, he met a *Jew called Aquila. Aquila had...
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HE DROVE THEM FROM THE JUDGMENT SEAT. — The words imply a
magisterial act. The order was given to the lictors to clear the
court, and the Jews, who did not immediately retreat were exposed to
the igno...
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ἀπήλασεν : probably by his lictors who would be commanded to
clear the court. This interpretation of the word is in accordance with
the next verse, which describes the crowd of Greeks as prepared to
f...
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A GREAT MINISTRY IN A GREAT CITY
Acts 18:1
Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1, that he entered Corinth with fear
and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or
eloquence. From the f...
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Leaving Athens, the center of the intellectual life of Greece, Paul
came to Corinth, its commercial center. There he joined Aquila, and
gave himself to the work of tent-making, while reasoning on the...
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Preaching in Corinth
Following his normal pattern, Paul first preached in the synagogue in
Corinth. During that time, Silas and Timothy once again joined the
apostle's company. Silas may have come fro...
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PAUL'S TRIAL BEFORE GALLIO
12-17. This case is really notable. When Crispus, the chief ruler of
the synagogue is converted, Sosthenes succeeds him and is enthusiastic
to exterminate the Pauline heresy...
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And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection
with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
(13) Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary...
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We now enter on the missionary journeys, as they are called, of the
apostle Paul. The work, under the Spirit, opens to the glory of the
Lord. Not merely are Gentiles met in grace and brought into the...
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At Thessalonica Paul twice received succour from Philippi; at Corinth,
where money and commerce abounded, he does not take it, but quietly
works with two of his countrymen of the same trade as himself...
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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....
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And he drave them from the judgment seat.
Ver. 16. _And he drave them from the tribunal_] As so many
_Vitilitigatores, qui de lana saepe caprina rixantur, _ that contended
for trifles, and such as de...
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_And when Paul was now about to open his mouth_ To speak in his own
defence; _Gallio_ Sensible of the futility of the charge; _said to the
Jews, If it were a matter of wrong, or wicked lewdness_ With...
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AND HE DRAVE THEM FROM THE JUDGMENT-SEAT....
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The insurrection at the time of Gallio:...
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Paul leaves Athens and is directed to Corinth, a city as loose and
licentious as Athens, but where the gospel nevertheless found a
response. There he found a Jew named Aquila who had come with his wif...
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AND HE DROVE THEM FROM THE JUDGMENT SEAT.
1. Gallio then ends the meeting.
2. He drives them from the court room. He has ruled. He has spoken and
that ends the matter.
3. REMEMBER : God promised Pa...
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"And he drove them from the judgment-seat" "These words probably imply
that Gallio gave an order to his lictors to clear the court. Any of
the Jews who did not immediately retreat would expose themsel...
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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 Gal...
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He commanded them to be gone, having dismissed their case; and, if
need were, added threatening and force....
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Acts 18:16 And G2532 drove G556 (G5656) them G846 from G575 seat G968
Psalms 76:10;...
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Acts 18:16. AND HE DRAVE THEM FROM THE JUDGMENT-SEAT. The language
shows that some force had to be used to induce these importunate
accusers to leave the court....
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HE DRAVE THEM
(απηλασεν αυτους). First aorist active indicative of
απελαυνω, old word, but here alone in the N.T. The Jews were
stunned by this sudden blow from the mild proconsul and wanted to
lin...
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Paul had been preaching the gospel at Athens to the most famous men of
that city gathered at Areopagus.
Acts 18:1. _After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
Corinth:_
Another most i...
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CONTENTS: Paul at Corinth. The careless Gallio. Paul takes a Jewish
vow. Apollos at Ephesus.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Paul, Aquila, Priscilla, Claudius, Silas, Timothy,
Justus, Crispus, Gallio, Sosthenes,...
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Acts 18:2. _Claudius had commanded all jews to depart from Rome._
Suetonius says that this was on account of Chrestus, [Christ] who
continually excited disturbances. This edict was issued in the ninth...
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WHEN GALLIO WAS MADE. Ramsay thinks this was in the summer of 52 A.D.
Gallio's brother, Seneca, was the teacher of Nero. SEIZED PAUL AND
TOOK HIM INTO COURT. This implies they could not stir up a mob...
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_And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
insurrection._
GALLIO AND PAUL
The proconsul of Achaia had ended his term of office, and the
proconsul appointed by the emperor was Marcus Ann...
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_And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches._
PAUL AS A MODEL FOR ALL GOSPEL MINISTERS
He recognises the importance of--
I. Establishing new converts in the faith. In this visit...
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_After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth._
PAUL AT CORINTH
Paul entered, not the grand, classical Corinth, but a sort of
afterglow Corinth. The old city had been destroyed by...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of
witness on his second journey.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 18:12. GALLIO.—Gallio became proconsul towards the end of
Claudius’s reign, about A.D. 53. His character, as depicted by
ancient writers, corresponded with that revealed in Luk...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 18:1
_He _for _Paul, _A.V. and T.R. AFTER THESE THINGS, etc. No hint is
given by St. Luke as to the length of Paul's sojourn at Athens. But as
the double journey of the Beroeans, who...
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Let's turn now to the eighteenth chapter of Acts as we continue our
study through the Bible. At the end of the study last week, the end of
chapter seventeen, we found Paul speaking to the Epicurean an...
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Psalms 76:10; Revelation 12:16; Romans 13:3; Romans 13:4...