Gallio

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).

(one who lives on milk), Junius Annaeus Gallio, the Roman proconsul of Achaia when St. Paul was at Corinth, A.D. 53, under the emperor Claudius. (Acts 18:12) He was brother to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, the philosopher. Jerome in the Chronicle of Eusebius says that he committed suicide in 65 A.D. Winer thinks he was put to death by Nero.

GAL'LIO, proconsul of Achaia and brother of Seneca, the famous philosopher, who describes him as a man of great mildness and simplicity. Acts 18:12. Paul was brought before his tribunal at Corinth by the Jews, who accused him of blasphemy. Acts 18:6. Gallio dismissed the case as one not cognizable by a Roman court. Acts 18:14-15. He deemed the offence at best a trivial one. Like his brother Seneca, Gallio was executed at the command of Nero.

who sucks, or lives on milk

GAL'LIO, proconsul of Achaia and brother of Seneca, the famous philosopher, who describes him as a man of great mildness and simplicity. Acts 18:12. Paul was brought before his tribunal at Corinth by the Jews, who accused him of blasphemy. Acts 18:6. Gallio dismissed the case as one not cognizable by a Roman court. Acts 18:14-15. He deemed the offence at best a trivial one. Like his brother Seneca, Gallio was executed at the command of Nero.