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Acts 18:17 KJV
Acts · chapter 18 · verse 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.Acts 18:17 · King James Version
Acts 18:17 in context
15But 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.
16And he drave them from the judgment seat.
17Then 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.
18And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SosthenessōsthenēsSosthenes = " saviour of his nation" , a Jew at Corinth who was seized and beaten…G4988 →
- synagoguearchisynagōgosruler of the synagogue. It was his duty to select the readers or teachers in the…G752 →
- Greekshellēna Greek either by nationality, whether a native of the main land or of the Greek islands…G1672 →
- beforeemprosthenin front, before, beforeG1715 →
- GalliogalliōnGallio = " One who lives on milk" , Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of…G1058 →
- caredmeleito care aboutG3199 →
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We have here an account of some disturbance given to Paul and his friends at Corinth, but no great harm done, nor much hindrance given to the work of Christ there. I. Paul is accused by the Jews before the Roman governor, Act 18:12, Act 18:13. The governor was Gallio, deputy of Achaia, that is, proconsul;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17