So he quickly took some soldiers and officers and ran to where the crowd had gathered. As soon as the mob saw the commander and soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
Some Jews grabbed this man and were about to kill him. But when I found out that he was a Roman citizen, I took some soldiers and rescued him.
and they called the apostles back in. They had them beaten with a whip and warned them not to speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.
The Lord All-Powerful says, “You have crushed my people and rubbed in the dirt the faces of the poor.”
When he tried to disgrace the temple, we arrested him. If you question him, you will find out for yourself that our charges are true.
I replied, “Lord, they know that in many of our synagogues I arrested and beat people who had faith in you.
The crowd grabbed Sosthenes, the Jewish leader, and beat him up in front of the court. But none of this mattered to Gallio.
The Roman officer and his men, together with the temple police, arrested Jesus and tied him up.