Acts 18:9-17

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

10For I am with you and no one shall attack you to harm you—many people in this city are for Me.”

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

12But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jewish leaders made a united attack against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

13saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the Torah.”

14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jewish people, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a vicious crime, there would be a reason to put up with you, O Jews.

15But since it is issues about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to be a judge of these.”

16And he drove them from the judgment seat.

17Then they all grabbed Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio paid no attention to these things.