Acts 18:12-17

Common English Bible

¹² Now when Gallio was the governor of the province of Achaia, the Jews united in their opposition against Paul and brought him before the court. ¹³ “This man is persuading others to worship God unlawfully,” they declared.

¹⁴ Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If there had been some sort of injury or criminal behavior, I would have reason to accept your complaint. ¹⁵ However, since these are squabbles about a message, names, and your own Law, deal with them yourselves. I have no desire to sit in judgment over such things.” ¹⁶ He expelled them from the court, ¹⁷ but everyone seized Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and gave him a beating in the presence of the governor. None of this mattered to Gallio.