Rescue those who are led away to death. And do not cease from delivering those who are dragged away to a violent death.
I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.
They have acted with malice in counsel over your people, and they have plotted against your holy ones.
Justice and judgment are the preparation of your throne. Mercy and truth will precede your face.
But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying: "Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!"
But they, apprehending Sosthenes, a leader of the synagogue, beat him in front of the tribunal. And Gallio showed no concern for these things.
And since a great dissension had been made, the tribune, fearing that Paul might be torn apart by them, ordered the soldiers to descend and to seize him from their midst, and to bring him into the fortress.