11. He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God amongst them.
12. But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgement seat,
13. saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14. 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, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15. 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.”
16. So he drove them from the judgement seat.
17. Then all the Greeks siezed Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgement seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
18. Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19. He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20. When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
21. but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22. When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.