Acts 18 · Verse 16

Acts 18:16

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

Acts 18:16, King James Version

Acts 18:16 in other translations

BSB	And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
WEB	So he drove them from the judgment seat.
ASV	And he drove them from the judgment-seat.
YLT	and he drave them from the tribunal;
DARBY	And he drove them from the judgment-seat.
BBE	And he sent them away from the judge's seat.
Webster	And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

What does Acts 18:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 18:12-17

12-17. when Gallio was the deputy--"the proconsul." See on Ac 13:7. He was brother to the celebrated philosopher Seneca, the tutor of Nero, who passed sentence of death on both.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 16. And he drave them, etc. He refused to hear and decide the controversy. He commanded them to depart from the court. The word used here does not denote that there was any violence used by Galio, but merely that he dismissed them in an authoritative manner.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 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 απηλασεν, which we translate he drave, does not signify here any act of violence on the part of Gallio or the Roman officers, but simply an authoritative dismission.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 18:12-17

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 Gallio that he left the Jews to themselves in matters relating to their religion, but yet would not let them, under pretence of that, persecute another. But it was wrong to speak slightly of a law and religion which he might have…

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Acts 18:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532

ἀπήλασενapēlasenhe droveG556

αὐτοὺςautousthemG846

ἀπὸapofromG575

τοῦtoutheG3588

βήματος.¶bēmatosjudgment seat.G968

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 18:16

Revelation 12:16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Psalms 76:10
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ps 76:10; Ro 13:3,4; Re 12:16

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Context

Acts 18:15
But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
Acts 18:16
And he drave them from the judgment seat.
Acts 18:17
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

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Acts 18:16 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y los echó del tribunal.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il les chassa de devant le tribunal.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er trieb sie von dem Richterstuhl hinweg.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et minavit eos a tribunali.