^{12 Ref} But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

^{13 Ref} saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.

^{14 Ref} But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:

^{15 Ref} but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters.

^{16 Ref} And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

^{17 Ref} And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.