Act 18 | NASB1995 | STEP | After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth .

Acts 18

Paul at Corinth

1 After these things he left ^aAthens and went to ^bCorinth. 2 And he found a Jew named ^cAquila, a native of ^dPontus, having recently come from ^eItaly with his wife ^fPriscilla, because ^gClaudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, 3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and ^hthey were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. 4 And he was reasoning ⁱin the synagogue every ^jSabbath and trying to persuade ^kJews and Greeks.

5 But when ^lSilas and Timothy ^mcame down from ⁿMacedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly ^otestifying to the Jews that ^pJesus was the ^{▼▼ I.e. Messiah}Christ. 6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ^rshook out his garments and said to them, “Your ^sblood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go ^tto the Gentiles.” 7 Then he left there and went to the house of a man named ^{▼▼ One early ms reads Titus; two other early mss omit the name}Titius Justus, ^va worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. 8 ^wCrispus, ^xthe leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ^ywith all his household, and many of the ^zCorinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by ^aaa vision, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” 11 And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But while Gallio was ^abproconsul of ^acAchaia, ^adthe Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before ^aethe judgment seat, 13 saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to ^afthe law.” 14 But when Paul was about to ^agopen his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; 15 but if there are ^ahquestions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.” 16 And he drove them away from ^aithe judgment seat. 17 And they all took hold of ^ajSosthenes, ^akthe leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ^althe judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

18 Paul, having remained many days longer, ^amtook leave of ^anthe brethren and put out to sea for ^aoSyria, and with him were ^apPriscilla and ^aqAquila. In ^arCenchrea ^{▼▼ Lit having his hair cut}he ^athad his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. 19 They came to ^auEphesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered ^avthe synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, 21 but ^awtaking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again ^axif God wills,” he set sail from ^ayEphesus.

22 When he had landed at ^azCaesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to ^baAntioch.

Third Missionary Journey

23 And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the ^bbGalatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24 Now a Jew named ^bcApollos, an ^bdAlexandrian by birth, ^{▼▼ Or a learned man}an eloquent man, came to ^bfEphesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in ^bgthe way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with ^bhthe baptism of John; 26 and ^{▼▼ Lit this man}he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when ^bjPriscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him ^bkthe way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wanted to go across to ^blAchaia, ^bmthe brethren encouraged him and wrote to ^bnthe disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly ^{▼▼ Or helped greatly through grace those who had believed}helped those who had believed through grace, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating ^bpby the Scriptures that ^bqJesus was the ^{▼▼ I.e. Messiah}Christ.