Acts 18:12 “And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, “When Gallio was the deputy of Achaia”: From July, A.D. 51 to June, A.D. 52. “Judgment seat”: A large, raised stone platform in the marketplace, situated in front of the residence of the proconsul, where he would try public cases. Like Sergius Paulus of Cyprus, “Gallio” was the proconsul of the Roman province of “Achaia.” See 13:7. “Achaia” was the Roman province that included southern (the Peloponnesus) and central Greece. The name was used by Homer to designate the people of this region and by others to designate all Greeks. Caesar Augustus, in 27 B.C. divided Greece into two provinces: Macedonia and Achaia. Achaia was organized as a senatorial province with Corinth as its capital. This status was lost from A.D. 15 until A.D. 44 at which time Claudius restored it as a senatorial province. Therefore, when Paul arrived in Corinth about A.D. 50, Achaia was a province, with the Roman Gallio wielding power. After 18 months of peace for Paul, suddenly the Jews came against him and brought him before the judgment seat. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY
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