Text -- Acts 18:16 (NET)

18:16 Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 18:16

¹ tn 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 (aphlasen) 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.

² sn See the note on the term judgment seat in 18:12.