Sosthenes
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....
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Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the
will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother,...
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Sosthenes (Greek, "safe in strength") was the chief ruler of
the synagogue at Corinth, who, according to the New Testament,
was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence of Gallio,
the Roman governor, when he refused to proceed against Paul at
the instigation of the Jews (Acts 18:12-17). The motives of
this assault against Sosthenes (an ass...
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sos'-the-nez (Sosthenes): Chief of the synagogue at Corinth
(Acts 18:17). Possibly identical with the co-worker
(afterward) of Paul mentioned in 1 Cor 1:1....
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-1. Chief ruler of the synagogue in Corinth
Ac 18:17
-2. A Christian with whom Paul wrote the first letter to the
Corinthians
1Co 1:1...
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(saviour of his nation) was a Jew at Corinth who was seized
and beaten in the presence of Gallio. See Ac 18:12-17 (A.D.
49.)...
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safe in strength, the chief ruler of the synagogue at
Corinth,
who was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence
of Gallio,
the Roman governor, when he refused to proceed against
Paul at
the instigation of the Jews (Acts 18:12-17). The
motives of this
assault against Sosthenes are not recorded, nor is it
mentioned
whether it was made b...
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A Jew, "ruler of the synagogue," after Crispus on conversion
had ceased to be so. Probably ringleader of the spiteful
Jews who with one accord made insurrection against Paul, and
brought him to Gallio's judgment seat. When Gallio would not
be made the tool of their spite, but drove them from his
judgment seat, the Greeks or Gentiles, seeing th...
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