Acts 18:9-17

9The Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.

10For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

11He stayed there a year and a half, teaching the word of God among them.

12While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the tribunal.

13“This man,” they said, “is persuading people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”

14As Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or of a serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you Jews.

15But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

16So he drove them from the tribunal.

17And they all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal, but none of these things mattered to Gallio.