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Gallio
proconsul of Achaia
Roman proconsul of Achaia who dismissed the Jewish charges against Paul in Corinth, ruling it a matter of their own law.
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Gallio was the proconsul of when was brought before his tribunal in , an episode recorded in Acts 18. Jewish accusers charged Paul with persuading people to worship God contrary to the law, but before Paul could respond, Gallio dismissed the case, ruling that the dispute was a matter of Jewish religious law and not of Roman concern. He drove the accusers from the judgment seat. The crowd then seized , the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the tribunal, but Gallio paid no attention. His decision not to prosecute Paul functioned as a de facto protection of Paul's mission in Corinth and set a precedent of Roman non-interference in the new faith.
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