At oncehe took along[some] soldiersand centurionsand ran downto them; and when they sawthe commanderand the soldiers,they stoppedbeatingPaul.
"Whatdo you mean by crushingMy peopleAnd grindingthe faceof the poor?"Declaresthe LordGODof hosts.
Sothe [Roman] cohortand the commanderand the officersof the Jews,arrestedJesusand boundHim,
And they alltook holdof Sosthenes,the leader of the synagogue,and [began] beatinghim in frontof the judgment seat.But Galliowas not concernedabout anyof these things.
"And I said,'Lord,they themselvesunderstandthat in one synagogueafter anotherI used to imprisonand beatthosewho believedin You.
"When thismanwas arrestedby the Jewsand was aboutto be slainby them, I cameup to them with the troopsand rescuedhim, having learnedthat he was a Roman.
"And he eventriedto desecratethe temple;and thenwe arrestedhim. [We wantedto judgehim accordingto our own Law.
They took his advice;and after callingthe apostlesin, they floggedthem and orderedthem not to speakin the nameof Jesus,and [then] releasedthem.
