1 2 3 4 5 map For location see JP1-C2; JP2-C2; JP3-C2; JP4-C2. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 sn See the note on Christ in 2:31. 25 26 27 sn He protested by shaking out his clothes. A symbolic action of protest, similar but not identical to the practice of shaking the dust off one’s feet (see Acts 13:51). The two symbolic actions are related, however, since what is shaken off here is the dust raised by the feet and settling in the clothes. The meaning is, “I am done with you! You are accountable to God.” 28 29 30 31 32 33 sn Here yet another Gentile is presented as responsive to Paul’s message in Acts. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 sn The judgment seat (βῆμα, bhma) was a raised platform mounted by steps and sometimes furnished with a seat, used by officials in addressing an assembly or making pronouncements, often on judicial matters. The judgment seat was a familiar item in Greco-Roman culture, often located in the agora, the public square or marketplace in the center of a city. So this was a very public event. 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 sn See the note on synagogue in 6:9. 60 61 62 sn Rome was officially indifferent to such disputes. Gallio understood how sensitive some Jews would be about his meddling in their affairs. This is similar to the way Pilate dealt with Jesus. In the end, he let the Jewish leadership and people make the judgment against Jesus. 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 sn Cenchrea was one of the seaports for the city of Corinth, on the eastern side of the Isthmus of Corinth, on the Aegean Sea. It was 7 mi (11 km) east of Corinth. 71 72 map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2. 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 map For location see Map2-C1; Map4-B3; Map5-F2; Map7-A1; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. 86 87 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. 88 map For location see JP1-F2; JP2-F2; JP3-F2; JP4-F2. 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 sn See the note on Christ in 2:31. 111