“1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from
Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all
Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3 And because he was of
the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation
they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath,
and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas and Timotheus
were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified
to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ. 6 And when they opposed
themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them,
Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I
will go unto the Gentiles.”
“7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain [man’s] house,
named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the
synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on
the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing
believed, and were baptized. 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night
by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For I
am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much
people in this city. 11 And he continued [there] a year and six months,
teaching the word of God among them.”
“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 drave 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.”
“18 And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while, and then
took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with
him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his] head in Cenchrea: for he
had a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he
himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When
they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 21
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that
cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And
he sailed from Ephesus. 22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone
up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. 23 And after he had
spent some time [there], he departed, and went over [all] the country of
Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.”
“24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent
man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man was
instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he
spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the
baptism of John. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom
when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and
expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 And when he was
disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the
disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which
had believed through grace: 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and
that] publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.” (Acts
18:1-28 AV)
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