9And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, `Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;
10because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;`
11and he continued a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.
12And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord upon Paul, and brought him unto the tribunal,
13saying -- `Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;`
14and Paul being about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, `If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked profligacy, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,
15but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves [to it], for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,`