⁷ who was an attendant of the proconsul,^(A) Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

³⁸ If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen^(A) have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls.^(B) They can press charges.

¹² When the proconsul^(A) saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

¹² While Gallio was proconsul^(A) of Achaia,^(B) the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.

⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer^(A) (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul^(B) from the faith.^(C)

²¹ but test them all;^(A) hold on to what is good,^(B)

¹¹ Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,^(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures^(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.^{(C) 12} As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.^(D)