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But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
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saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
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But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
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but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don`t want to be a judge of these matters."
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He drove them from the judgment seat.
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Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn`t care about any of these things.