Acts 18:15-17

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¹⁵but since it is merely a question [of doctrine within your religion] about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am ^[a]unwilling to judge these matters.” ¹⁶And he drove them away from the judgment seat. ¹⁷Then the Greeks all seized ^[b]Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him right in front of the judgment seat; but Gallio paid no attention to any of this.^(A)

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Footnotes

Acts 18:15 Gallio, the proconsul of Achaia, in essence ruled Paul’s teachings to be a form of Judaism and therefore legal under Roman law.
Acts 18:17 As leader of the synagogue Sosthenes would have presented the charges against Paul. Apparently something related to this made him the target of the attack. If this Sosthenes is the same man mentioned in 1 Cor 1:1, he later became a believer and follower of Christ.