The decided course of Gallio opened the eyes of the clamorous crowd who had been abetting the Jews. For the first time during Paul’s labors in Europe, the mob turned on the side of the minister of truth; and, under the very eye of the proconsul, and without interference from him, the people violently beset the most prominent accusers of the apostle. “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.”{LP 108.1}

Gallios bestemthed åbnede øjnene hos den skrigende hob som tilskyndede jøderne. For første gang i Paulus’ arbejde i Europa, vendte hoben sig til sandhedsprædikantens side; og under prokonsulens øje, og uden indblanden fra ham, folk var voldsomt omringet af apostlens største anklagere. "Så greb de alle fat i synagogeforstanderen Sostenes og slog løs på ham lige foran domstolen; men alt dette tog Gallio sig ikke af."