Acts 18:12

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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 proconsu...
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)...
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 chr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

when, &c . Literally Gallio being proconsul. Another instance of. Luke's accuracy. Achaia was. senatorial province under Augustus, imperial unde...
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 th...
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...
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 e...
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...
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 Chr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Second Missionary Journey (concluded) 1-18. St. Paul at Corinth. Corinth was the capital of the Roman province of Achaia. The ancient town had bee...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Gallio ] the brother of Nero's tutor Seneca, and uncle of the poet Lucan, was a well-educated, amiable, and accomplished man, who, having filled the...
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 c...
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...
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...
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,...
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 w...
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....
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, t...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul Visits Corinth. 12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made i...
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 excell...
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 Tim...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, saying, “This man p...
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...
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 depart...
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 exc...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And he went through Syria and Cilicia confirming the churches. Paul as a model for all gospel ministers He recognises the importance of-- I....
The Biblical Illustrator

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 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 sojo...
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,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The insurrection at the time of Gallio:
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...

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

Related Commentaries of Acts 18:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 18:12