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| | Commentary on the Whole Bible (iv.v.xix) |
 | | The governor was Gallio, deputy of Achaia, that is, proconsul; for Achaia was a consular province of the empire. |
 | | Gallio, upon the first hearing, or rather without any hearing at all, dismisses the cause, and will not take any cognizance of it, v. |
 | | They were so enraged against Paul that they beat Sosthenes; and so enraged against Gallio, because he would not countenance the prosecution, that they beat him before the judgment-seat, whereby they did, in effect, tell him that they cared not for him; if he would not be their executioner, they would be their own judges. |
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