"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 themselves to blows from the lictor's rods" (Reese p. 650). "The Jews were stunned by this sudden blow from the mild proconsul and wanted to linger to argue the case further, but they had to go" (Robertson p. 302).

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