Acts 18:17

17Having seizedἐπιλαβόμενοιthenδὲall [of them]πάντεςSosthenesΣωσθένηνtheτὸνruler of the synagogueἀρχισυνάγωγονthey began to beat [him]ἔτυπτονbeforeἔμπροσθενtheτοῦjudgment seatβήματος·Andκαὶnothingοὐδὲνabout these thingsτούτωντῷto GallioΓαλλίωνιit matteredἔμελεν.

Then they all, having seized Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, were beating [him] before the judgment seat. And it mattered nothing to Gallio about these things.

Vocab difficulty

90.4

Rare words

  • Σωσθένην

    Σωσθένης

    Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue at Corinth.

  • Γαλλίωνι

    Γαλλίων

    Gallio, Lucius Iunius Gallio, who received this name by adoption into another family, but was born brother of the philosopher Seneca and originally named L. Annaeus Nouatus; proconsul of the Roman province Achaia from spring A.D. 52 to spring 53.