Acts 18:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, ”

• Acts 18:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And Gallio - After the Romans had conquered Greece they reduced it to two provinces, Macedonia and Achaia, which were each governed by a proconsul. Gallio was the brother of the celebrated philos...

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• Acts 18:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (5) And when Gallio was the deputy of (f) Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, (5) The wicked are never weary of doing evil, but the...

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• Acts 18:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 P...

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• Acts 18:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  when, &c . Literally Gallio being proconsul. Another instance of. Luke's accuracy. Achaia was. senatorial province under Augustus, imperial under Tiberius, but after A.D. 44 restored by Claudius...

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• Acts 18:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  − 12. When Gallio. Either the change of the deputy did encourage the Jews to wax more proud and insolent, as froward men use to abuse new things that they may procure some tumult, or else ho...

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• Acts 18:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, When Gallio was the deputy of Achaia - The Romans comprehended...

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• Acts 18:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  When Gallio was the deputy of Achaia,— The proconsul of Achaia,— 'Ανθυπατος. This is another instance of the great accuracy with which St. Luke expresses himself. The provinces of the Roman empir...

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• Acts 18:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, х anthupat...

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• Acts 18:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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 mission...

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• Acts 18:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia. — “Deputy” stands, as before (see Note on Acts 13:7 ), for “proconsul.” Here, also, St. Luke shows his characteristic accuracy in the use of official titl...

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• Acts 18:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Great Ministry in a Great City Acts 18:1-17 Paul tells us, in 1 Corinthians 2:1-4 , that he entered Corinth with fear and trembling and made no effort to attract by human wisdom or eloquence...

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• Acts 18:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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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• Acts 18:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 contrar...

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• Acts 18:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia ,.... This province, which was now become a Roman one, Pliny the younger q calls true and mere Greece; it went by the name of Aegialus r, and now it is calle...

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• Acts 18:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, Ver. 12. And when Gallio was ] This Gallio was brother to...

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• Acts 18:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When Gallio was the deputy Greek, Γαλλιωνος ανθυπατευοντος, Gallio being proconsul; of Achaia Of which Corinth was the chief city. This Gallio, the brother of the famous Seneca, is much commended...

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• Acts 18:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 wi...

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• Acts 18:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Paul Visits Corinth.       12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brou...

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• Acts 18:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This Gallio was brother to that deservedly famous Seneca, (who was tutor to Nero), and hath great commendations given him, as being a man of excellent disposition, beloved by all men, an enemy to a...

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• Acts 18:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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,...

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• Acts 18:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Acts 18:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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 mos...

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• Acts 18:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 ni...

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• Acts 18:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 destroye...

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• Acts 18:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 Be...

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• Acts 18:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment-seat,

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• Acts 18:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 16:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:7 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 2 Corinthians 1:1 ; 2 Corinthians 11:10 ; 2 Corinthians 9:2 ; Acts 13:12 ; Acts 13:50 ; Acts 13:7 ; Acts 14:19 ; Acts 14:2...

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• Acts 18:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia — Of which Corinth was the chief city. This Gallio, the brother of the famous Seneca, is much commended both by him and by other writers, for the sweetness and g...

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