So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue,<n id="1" /> and began to beat<n id="2" /> him in front of the judgment seat.<n id="3" /> Yet none of these things were of any concern<n id="4" /> to Gallio.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now while Gallio<n id="1" /> was proconsul<n id="2" /> of Achaia,<n id="3" /> the Jews attacked Paul together<n id="4" /> and brought him before the judgment seat,<n id="5" />

But just as Paul was about to speak,<n id="1" /> Gallio said to the Jews, &#8220;If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy,<n id="2" /> I would have been justified in accepting the complaint<n id="3" /> of you Jews,<n id="4" />