Acts 18:11-22

¹¹So he settled there for a year and a half, and taught God's message among the people.

¹²While Gallio was governor of Greece, some of the Jewish leaders made a combined attack on Paul, and brought him before the Governor's Bench,

¹³charging him with persuading people to worship God in a way forbidden by the Law.

¹⁴Just as Paul was on the point of speaking, Gallio said to them, “If this were a case of misdemeanor or some serious crime, there would be some reason for my listening patiently to you;

¹⁵but, since it is a dispute about words, and names, and your own Law, you must see to it yourselves. I do not choose to be a judge in such matters.”

¹⁶Saying this, he drove them back from the Bench.

¹⁷Then they all set on Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the Bench, but Gallio did not trouble himself about any of these things.

¹⁸Paul remained there some time after this, and then took leave of the followers, and sailed to Syria with Priscilla and Aquila, but not before his head had been shaved at Cenchreae, because he was under a vow.

¹⁹They put into Ephesus, and there Paul, leaving his companions, went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews.

²⁰When they asked him to prolong his stay, he declined, saying however,

²¹as he took his leave, “I will come back again to you, please God,” and then set sail from Ephesus.

²²On reaching Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and exchanged greetings with the church, and then went down to Antioch.