Acts 18:12-17 - Paul Accused Before The Proconsul Gallio

¹² But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose against Paul, and brought him before the tribunal. ¹³ "This fellow," they said, "is persuading men to offer unlawful worship to God."

¹⁴ Paul was about to open his mouth, when Gallio said to the Jews. "If it had been some misdemeanor or wicked villainy, it would have been within reason for me to listen to you Jews; ¹⁵ but as these are merely questions about words and names and your own law, you yourselves must see to it. I am not willing to be a judge of these matters." ¹⁶ And he drove them from the tribunal. ¹⁷ Then they all laid hold of Sosthenes, the warden of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal; but Gallio took no notice.