Bible Strands
Acts 18:12
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Luke narrates this event to a general audience, placing it after Paul’s eighteen-month ministry in Corinth and immediately before the Jewish accusations in Acts 18:13.
The words — ἀνθυπάτου (anthupatou) denotes the official rank of proconsul, while ὁμοθυμαδὸν (homothumadon) literally means with one accord or in unity.
The thread — The proconsular office appears earlier in Acts 13:7 with Sergius Paulus, Jewish opposition mirrors the incitement in Acts 13:50, and the geographic region of Achaia reappears in Acts 18:27.
Why it lands — The text records a legal confrontation where civil authority temporarily halts religious persecution, requiring the reader to observe how political structures intersect with early Christian mission.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
Cross-references
- Acts 13:7 an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
- Acts 18:27 When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
- Matthew 27:19 While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
- Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- Acts 14:19 Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
- Acts 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.
- Acts 18:16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
- Acts 25:10 Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
- Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.