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Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him
before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.”
Thus Christianity obtained a signal victory.
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“Paul after this tarried there yet a good while.” If the apostle had
at this time been compelled to leave Corinth, the converts to the faith
of Jesus would have been placed in a perilous position. The Jews
would have endeavored to follow up the advantage gained, even to the
extermination of Christianity in that region.
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