![]() ![]() (12) But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat (bema), (13) saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law." (14) But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you (15) but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters." (16) And he drove them away from the judgment seat (bema).īut it wasn't just Paul that came before the bema seat. (8) Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. You can see that the bema was a raised platform upon which a judge would preside just as Gallio did in the days of Paul.Īct 18:1,8,12-16 After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth. To the right is an actual picture of the bema seat still in existence in Corinth today though it was partially restored a few years ago. In fact, Paul himself was uniquely familiar with it because he was dragged before it! They had one in their city which they had seen used frequently. Now Paul didn't have to explain what he meant by the 'Bema seat of Christ' because his audience in Corinth was very well aware of what a 'bema seat' was. The word translated 'judgement' here is the Greek word 'bema'. Paul, writing to those in Corinth, says that all believers must appear before the judgement seat of Christ. Let's begin with this well know passage in 2nd Corinthians.
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