a18:12-13
b18:14-17
c18:17
d1 Cor 1:1

‏ Acts 18:12-17

Summary for Acts 18:12-13: 18:12-13  a The governor of Achaia, Junio Gallio, was the older brother of the Roman philosopher Seneca (Seneca was a tutor to Emperor Nero). An inscription indicating that he was governor around AD 51–52 helps to date Paul’s visit in Corinth to about that time.
Summary for Acts 18:14-17: 18:14-17  b Gallio’s ruling indicated that the charges against Paul were unjustified. The Roman government had nothing to fear from acknowledging Christianity as a legal religion.
18:17  c It is most likely that the Greeks beat Sosthenes to express their hostility to the Jews; it is possible that the Jews attacked their own synagogue leader because he was unsuccessful in pleading their case. Sosthenes may be the same man Paul later mentions as “our brother” (1 Cor 1:1  d), but it is uncertain, as the name was fairly common.
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