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Hebrew Names Version

Acts 18:16

He drove them from the judgment seat.

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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he sent them away from the judge's 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 Yehudim with one accord rose up against Sha'ul and brought him before the judgment seat, 13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law." 14 But when Sha'ul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Yehudim, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, Yehudim, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you; 15 but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters." 16 He drove them from the judgment seat. 17 Then all the Yevanim laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of 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
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Shomron, declaring the conversion of the Goyim. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
Acts 20:38
sorrowing most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they should see his face no more. They brought him on his way to the ship.
Acts 21:5
When it happened that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, brought us on our way until we were out of the city. Kneeling down on the beach, we prayed.
Romans 15:24
whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
3 John 1:6
They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward 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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