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And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
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for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you; for I have many people in this city."
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And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
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But when Gallio was proconsul of Acha'ia, the Jews made a united attack upon Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
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saying, "This man is persuading men to worship God contrary to the law."
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But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, I should have reason to bear with you, O Jews;
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but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things."
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And he drove them from the tribunal.