The Judgment seat in Corinth
Acts chapter 18 verses 1-17 records that Paul spent eighteen months in the city of Corinth on his first visit there.
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Verse 12 describes how when Gallio became the governor, a group of Jews opposed to Paul brought him before the court. The place for judgment in Greek cities was called the 'bema'. It was a platform in the agora, or marketplace. This photo shows the remains of part of the agora at Corinth |
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The bema at Corinth, pictured here, was built out of blue and white marble, in about 44 AD. Roman officials would have sat here to pass judgment on legal matters. Gallio refused to hear Paul's case, implying it was an internal Jewish religious dispute. |
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