If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
But when Sha'ul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Judeans, *If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then shall you arise, and go up to the place which the LORD your God shall choose;