Acts 18:16
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
BSB
ASV
And he drove them from the judgment-seat.
KJV
And he drave them from the judgment seat.
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.
But, (2.) It was certainly wrong to speak so slightly of a law and religion which he might have known to be of God, and with which he ought to have acquainted himself. In what way God is to be worshipped, whether Jesus be the Messiah, whether the gospel be a divine revelation, were not questions of words and names, as he scornfully and profanely called them.
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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Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.
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For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
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Revelation 12:16But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.
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The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad…
