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.
17. All the Grecians having taken Sosthenes. This is that Sosthenes whom Paul doth honorably couple with himself as his companion in the beginning of the former Epistle to the Corinthians. And though there be no mention made of him before among the faithful, yet it is to be thought that he was then one of Paul’s companions and advocates.
See how the Jews moved in unity against Paul, rushing him violently before Gallio without time to prepare. But their charge rings hollow: they accuse him of persuading men to worship God contrary to law, as if the remedy for false doctrine is force. The work of Christ goes forward at Corinth despite their insurrection, and no great harm comes of it.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 18:12-17
And he came to Ephesus,.... The metropolis of Asia; according to Pliny (c), it had been called by many names; at the time of the Trojan war, Alopes, then Ortygia and Morges, also Smyrna Trachea, Samornion and Prelea, and which he calls the work of the Amazons: some say (d) it was called Ephesus, because Hercules permitted the Amazons to dwell in it, Ephesus in...