And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, " If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.
1. Paul was about to respond to the accusation.
2. But Gallio rises up and defends Paul.
1. This is not a matter of wrong doing. Paul did not rob or kill.
2. If Paul were doing "bad" things, Gallio would listen and follow up on the charges.
Verse 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 far...
ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH - In self-defense, ever ready to vindicate his conduct. A MATTER OF WRONG - Injustice, or crime, such as could be properly brought before a court of justice. OR WICKED LEWDNES...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NOW. Omit. OPEN HIS MOUTH. Figure of speech _Idioma._ App-6. A Hebraism. IF. If indeed. Greek. _ei._ App-118. A MATTER OF WRONG. an injustice. Greek. _adikema._ App-128. WICKED. Greek. _poneros._...
_And_( BUT) _when Paul was now about to open his mouth_ There is nothing in the Gk. which requires the word "now." The Roman has too much contempt for the whole matter and all who are concerned in it...
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...
ΜΈΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ ΔῈ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΑΎΛΟΥ�, _but when Paul was about to open his mouth_. The Roman proconsul has too much contempt for the whole matter and all who are concerned in it to listen to any defence. For the...
_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...
ΜΈΛΛΟΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΜΈΛΛΩ (G3195) собираться. Используется с _inf._ для выражения будущего. _Gen. abs._ ΆΝΟΊΓΕΙΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ήν _impf. ind. act...
IF IT WERE A MATTER OF WRONG, &C.— _If it were a matter of injustice, or mischievous licentiousness._ Heylin reads the passage, _If your accusation were for some act of injustice, or other immorality,...
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...
14-16. In this case, however, they had to deal with a man of far different character from the magistrates of Philippi, or the city rulers of Thessalonica. Gallio was a brother of Seneca, the famous Ro...
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: AND WHEN PAUL WAS NOW...
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...
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...
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...
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...
WHEN PAUL WAS NOW ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH. — The phrase always implies, as has been noticed (see Note on Acts 8:35), the beginning of a set discourse. St. Paul was about to begin a formal _apologia._...
μέλλοντος : Lucan; see Burton, p. 71, on οὖν, see critical note and Alford, _in loco_, for its retention. ἀδίκημα, _cf._ Acts 24:20, only once elsewhere in N.T., Revelation 18:5, here it may perhaps m...
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...
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...
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...
And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, (g) reason would that I should bear with you: (g) As much as...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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; o...
And when Paul was now about to open _his_ mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O _ye_ Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: Ver. 14. _Or wicked...
_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...
PAUL WAS NOW ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH; to speak in his own defence. WRONG OR WICKED LEWDNESS; injustice, or any crime. REASON WOULD THAT I SHOULD BEAR WITH YOU; it would be reasonable to hear the com...
The insurrection at the time of Gallio:...
AND WHEN PAUL WAS NOW ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH, GALLIO SAID UNTO THE JEWS, IF IT WERE A MATTER OF WRONG OR WICKED LEWDNESS, O YE JEWS, REASON WOULD THAT I SHOULD BEAR WITH YOU;...
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...
"But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were. matter of wrong or of wicked villany,. ye Jews, reason would that. should bear with you"When Paul was about to...
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...
TO OPEN HIS MOUTH; to make his apology, and to speak in his own defence. A MATTER OF WRONG; as murder, theft, or any such injury, which judges do usually determine of. REASON WOULD THAT I SHOULD BEAR...
14-16. In this case, however, they had to deal with a man of far different character from the magistrates of Philippi, or the city rulers of Thessalonica. Gallio was a brother of Seneca, the famous Ro...
Acts 18:14 And G1161 Paul G3972 about G3195 (G5723) open G455 (G5721) mouth G4750 Gallio G1058 said...
‘But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villainy, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you, but if they are q...
SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY IN CORINTH (18:1-17). Paul had recognised that in a small town like Athens he could well spare his companions and had sent Timothy off to Thessalonica, and Silas to Macedonia, pos...
Acts 18:14. AND WHEN PAUL WAS NOW ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH, GALLIO SAID UNTO THE JEWS. There is little doubt but that Gallio knew something about the Christian sect then becoming numerous in several of...
WHEN PAUL WAS ABOUT TO OPEN HIS MOUTH (μελλοντος του Παυλου ανοιγειν το στομα). Genitive absolute again. Before Paul could speak, Gallio cut in and ended the whole matter. According to their own st...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:14 Gallio’s decision that the Jewish accusations against the Christians concerned only matters of their own religion established the important legal precedent that Christians were...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 18:1 Corinth was Paul’s last major place of witness on his second journey. ⇐ ⇔...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 3:15; 2 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 11:4;...
Lewdness [ρ α δ ι ο υ ρ γ η μ α]. See on mischief, ch. 13 10. Rev., villainy....