Acts 18:9-17

9The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

10because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

11So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

13saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!”

14But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,

15but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”

16Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat.

17So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.