Acts 18:16

Bible in Basic English

And he sent them away from the judge's seat.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he drove them from the tribunal.

King James Version (1611)
And he draue them from the iudgment seate.

King James Version
And he drave them from the judgment seat.

English Standard Version
And he drove them from the tribunal.

New American Standard Bible
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

New Century Version
And Gallio made them leave the court.

Amplified Bible
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

Berean Standard Bible
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

Contemporary English Version
Then he sent them out of the court.

Complete Jewish Bible
And he had them ejected from the court.

Darby Translation
And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Gallio made them leave the court.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee draue them from the iudgement seate.

George Lamsa Translation
And he drove them from his judgment seat.

Good News Translation
And he drove them out of the court.

Lexham English Bible
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

Literal Translation
And he drove them from the tribunal.

American Standard Version
And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

Hebrew Names Version
He drove them from the judgment seat.

International Standard Version
So he drove them away from the judge's seat.

Etheridge Translation
And he drove them from his tribunal.

Murdock Translation
And he repelled them from his judgment-seat.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he draue them fro the iudgement seate.

English Revised Version
And he drave them from the judgment-seat.

World English Bible
He drove them from the judgment seat.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he drove them away from the judgment-seat.

Weymouth's New Testament
So he ordered them out of court.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he droof hem fro the doom place.

Update Bible Version
And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

New English Translation
Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.

New King James Version
And he drove them from the judgment seat.

New Living Translation
And he threw them out of the courtroom.

New Life Bible
And he sent them out of his court.

New Revised Standard
And he dismissed them from the tribunal.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he drove them from the judgment seat.

Revised Standard Version
And he drove them from the tribunal.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and he drave them from the seate.

Young's Literal Translation
and he drave them from the tribunal;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he droue them from the iudgmet seate.

Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which he order'd them to withdraw.

Simplified Cowboy Version
And then he threw them all out of the courtroom.

Contextual Overview

¹² But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat, ¹³ Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law. ¹⁴ But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing: ¹⁵ But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things. ¹⁶ And he sent them away from the judge's seat. ¹⁷ And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 76:10, Romans 13:3, Romans 13:4, Revelation 12:16

Reciprocal: Acts 18:12 - the judgment

Cross-References

Acts 15:3
So they, being sent on their way by the church, went through Phoenicia and Samaria, giving news of the salvation of the Gentiles, to the great joy of all the brothers.

Acts 20:38
Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.

Acts 21:5
And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,

Romans 15:24
Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

3 John 1:6
Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he drave them from the judgment seat. He would not hear, and try the cause; but dismissed them with threatening them, if ever they brought an affair of that kind to him any more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he drave them ... - He refused to hear and decide the controversy. The word used here does not denote that there was any violence used by Gallio, but merely that he dismissed them in an authoritative manner.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 18:16. 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.