Acts 18:17
Context18:17 So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, 1 and began to beat 2 him in front of the judgment seat. 3 Yet none of these things were of any concern 4 to Gallio.
Acts 18:12
Context18:12 Now while Gallio 5 was proconsul 6 of Achaia, 7 the Jews attacked Paul together 8 and brought him before the judgment seat, 9
Acts 18:14
Context18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak, 10 Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, 11 I would have been justified in accepting the complaint 12 of you Jews, 13


[18:17] 1 tn That is, “the official in charge of the synagogue”; ἀρχισυνάγωγος (arcisunagwgo") refers to the “leader/president of a synagogue” (so BDAG 139 s.v. and L&N 53.93).
[18:17] 2 tn The imperfect verb ἔτυπτον (etupton) has been translated as an ingressive imperfect.
[18:17] 3 sn See the note on the term judgment seat in 18:12.
[18:17] 4 tn L&N 25.223 has “‘none of these things were of any concern to Gallio’ Ac 18:17.”
[18:12] 5 sn Gallio was proconsul of Achaia from
[18:12] 6 sn The proconsul was the Roman official who ruled over a province traditionally under the control of the Roman senate.
[18:12] 7 sn Achaia was a Roman province created in 146
[18:12] 8 tn Grk “with one accord.”
[18:12] 9 tn Although BDAG 175 s.v. βῆμα 3 gives the meaning “tribunal” for this verse and a number of modern translations use similar terms (“court,” NIV; “tribunal,” NRSV), there is no need for an alternative translation here since the bema was a standard feature in Greco-Roman cities of the time.
[18:14] 9 tn Grk “about to open his mouth” (an idiom).
[18:14] 10 tn BDAG 902 s.v. ῥᾳδιούργημα states, “From the sense ‘prank, knavery, roguish trick, slick deed’ it is but a short step to that of a serious misdeed, crime, villainy…a serious piece of villainy Ac 18:14 (w. ἀδίκημα).”
[18:14] 11 tn According to BDAG 78 s.v. ἀνέχω 3 this is a legal technical term: “Legal t.t. κατὰ λόγον ἂν ἀνεσχόμην ὑμῶν I would have been justified in accepting your complaint Ac 18:14.”