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English Standard Version

Acts 18:16

And he drove them from the tribunal.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gallio;   Indictments;   Nolle Prosequi;   Paul;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Magistrates;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gallio;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Achaia;   Acts, book of;   Corinth;   Corinthians, letters to the;   Sanhedrin;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Ordination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Sosthenes;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Corinth;   Gallio;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Corinth;   Crimes and Punishments;   Gallio;   Greece;   Luke, Gospel of;   Oration, Orator;   Persecution in the Bible;   Roman Law;   Romans, Book of;   1 Corinthians;   2 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gallio;   Gestures;   Judgment-Seat;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gallio;   Jew, Jewess;   Judgment-Seat;   Man of Sin;   Nazirite;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judgement-Seat,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gallio;   Sosthenes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sos'thenes;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostolic Age;   Gallio;   Judgment Seat;   Persecution;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Corinth;   Saul of Tarsus;  

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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he sent them away from the judge's 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 proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, 13 saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law." 14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15 But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things." 16 And he drove them from the tribunal. 17 And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

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, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 20:38
being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they accompanied him to the ship.
Acts 21:5
When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. And kneeling down on the beach, we prayed
Romans 15:24
I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be helped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a while.
3 John 1:6
who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy 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.


 
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