12-17. when Gallio was the deputy—"the proconsul." See on Ac 13:7. He was brother to the celebrated philosopher SENECA, the tutor of Nero, who passed sentence of death on both.

     13. contrary to the—Jewish

     14. If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness—any offense punishable by the magistrate.

     15. if it be a question of words and names, and of your law . . . I will be no judge, &c.—in this only laying down the proper limits of his office.

     16. drave them, &c.—annoyed at such a case.