Gallio in Easton's Bible Dictionary
the elder brother of Seneca the philosopher, who was tutor
and
for some time minister of the emperor Nero. He was
"deputy",
i.e., proconsul, as in Revised Version, of Achaia,
under the
emperor Claudius, when Paul visited Corinth (Acts
18:12). The
word used here by Luke in describing the rank of
Gallio shows
his accuracy. Achaia was a senatorial province under
Claudius,
and the governor of such a province was called a
"proconsul." He
is spoken of by his contemporaries as "sweet
Gallio," and is
described as a most popular and affectionate man.
When the Jews
brought Paul before his tribunal on the charge of
persuading
"men to worship God contrary to the law" (18:13), he
refused to
listen to them, and "drave them from the judgment
seat" (18:16).
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