9The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don`t be afraid, but speak and don`t be silent;
10for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
11He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
14But 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, Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15but 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."
