^18:16Then he had them forced away⁵⁷ from the judgment seat.⁵⁸^18:17So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue,⁵⁹ and began to beat⁶⁰ him in front of the judgment seat.⁶¹ Yet none of these things were of any concern⁶² to Gallio.

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Footnotes

57 Grk “driven away,” but this could result in a misunderstanding in English (“driven” as in a cart or wagon?). “Forced away” conveys the idea; Gallio rejected their complaint. In contemporary English terminology the case was “thrown out of court.” The verb ἀπήλασεν (apēlasen) has been translated as a causative since Gallio probably did not perform this action in person, but ordered his aides or officers to remove the plaintiffs.
58 See the note on the term judgment seat in .
59 That is, “the official in charge of the synagogue”; ἀρχισυνάγωγος (archisunagōgos) refers to the “leader/president of a synagogue” (so and L&N 53.93). See the note on synagogue in .
60 The imperfect verb ἔτυπτον (etupton) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
61 See the note on the term judgment seat in .
62 L&N 25.223 has “ ‘none of these things were of any concern to Gallio’ Ac 18:17.” Rome was officially indifferent to such disputes. Gallio understood how sensitive some Jews would be about his meddling in their affairs. This is similar to the way Pilate dealt with Jesus. In the end, he let the Jewish leadership and people make the judgment against Jesus.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he drove them from the tribunal. And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So he drove them off. Then the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So he drove them from the tribunal. And they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal, but none of these things mattered to Gallio.

NLTNew Living Translation

And he threw them out of the courtroom.

The crowd then grabbed Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him right there in the courtroom. But Gallio paid no attention.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he drove them away from the judgment seat. So they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. And none of these things was a concern to Gallio.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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