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International Standard Version

Acts 18:16

So he drove them away from the judge's 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.
Hebrew Names Version
He drove them from the judgment 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 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews united in an attack on Paul and brought him before the judge's seat. 13 They said, "This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law." 14 Paul was about to open his mouth when Gallio said to the Jews, "If there were some misdemeanor or crime involved, it would be reasonable to put up with you Jews.Acts 23:29;">[xr] 15 But since it is a question about words, names, and your own law, you will have to take care of that yourselves. I refuse to be a judge in these matters." 16 So he drove them away from the judge's seat. 17 Then all of themall of the Greeks">[fn] took Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judge's seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.1 Corinthians 1:1;">[xr]

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 were sent on their way by the church, and as they were going through Phoenecia and Samaria they told of the conversion of the Gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers.Acts 14:27; Romans 15:24; 1 Corinthians 16:6,11;">[xr]
Acts 20:38
They were especially sorrowful because of what he had said - that they would never see his face again. Then they took him to the ship.Acts 20:25;">[xr]
Acts 21:5
but when our days there were ended we left and proceeded on our journey. All of them with their wives and children accompanied us out of the city. We knelt on the beach, prayed,Acts 20:36;">[xr]
Romans 15:24
Now that I am on my way to Spain, I hope to see you when I come your way and, after I have enjoyed your company for a while, to be sent on by you.Acts 15:3;">[xr]
3 John 1:6
They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way 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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