9. One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Don’t be afraid. Continue speaking. Don’t be silent.
10. I’m with you and no one who attacks you will harm you, for I have many people in this city."
11. So he stayed there for eighteen months, teaching God’s word among them.
12. Now when Gallio was the governor of the province of Achaia, the Jews united in their opposition against Paul and brought him before the court.
13. "This man is persuading others to worship God unlawfully," they declared.