Whereupon he read:
"'12. And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
"'13. Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
"'14. And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
"'15. But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.
"'16. And he drove them from the judgment seat.
"'17. Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.'
"I have not invented anything," added Langelier. "Little is known of Annaeus Mela, and of Gallio, his brother. It is, however, certain that they were numbered among the most intelligent men of their day. When Achaia, a senatorial province under Augustus, an imperial one under Tiberius, was
