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16 Then Gallio made them leave the court.

17 Then they all grabbed Sosthenes. (Sosthenes was now the leader of the synagogue.) They beat him there before the court. But this did not bother Gallio.

Paul Returns to Antioch

18 Paul stayed with the believers for many more days. Then he left and sailed for Syria. Priscilla and Aquila went with him. At Cenchrea, Paul cut off his hair.[a] This showed that he had made a promise to God.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:18 cut . . . hair Jews did this to show that the time of a special promise to God was finished.

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