11. So for a year and six months he sat among them, teaching the word of God.
12. When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews in unity attacked Paul and brought him to court,
13. saying, “This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14. When Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “O Jews, if it were a matter of a misdemeanor or serious crime, I would rightly bear with you.
15. But if it is a question of words and names and your law, look into it yourselves. For I do not intend to be a judge of these matters.”
16. So he drove them out of court.
17. Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things mattered to Gallio.
18. Yet Paul remained many days. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. Then, bidding farewell to the brothers, he sailed to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him.
19. He arrived at Ephesus and left them there. But he himself went into the synagogue and lectured the Jews.
20. When they asked him to remain for a while longer, he did not consent,