"And he drave them from the judgment seat." — Acts 18:16

Acts 18:16 · KJV

“And he drave them from the judgment seat.”

— Acts 18:16

But if it be a question of words and names, and {of} your law, look ye {to it}; for I will be no judge of such {matters}.

Verse 17

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat {him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

Acts 18 — Context

And when Paul was now about to open {his} mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O {ye} Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

But if it be a question of words and names, and {of} your law, look ye {to it}; for I will be no judge of such {matters}.

And he drave them from the judgment seat.

Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat {him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.

And Paul {after this} tarried {there} yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn {his} head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

Cross References

Revelation 12:16

And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

Romans 13:3-4

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

Psalms 76:10

Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.