Acts 18

Paul in Corinth

1 After these events Paul left aAthens and went to bCorinth. 2And 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, 3and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and hthey worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade. 4And Paul 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, otestifying to the Jews that pJesus was the
I.e., Messiah
Christ.
6But when they resisted and blasphemed, he rshook out his garments and said to them, “Your sblood is
I.e., the responsibility is all yours
on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go uto the Gentiles.”
7Then he left
Lit from there
the synagogue and went to the house of a man named
One early ms Titus
Titius Justus, xa worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 yCrispus, zthe leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord aatogether with his entire household; and many of the abCorinthians, as they listened to Paul, were believing and being baptized. 9And the Lord said to Paul by aca vision at night, “Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” 11And he settled there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But while Gallio was adproconsul of aeAchaia, afthe Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before agthe
Or tribunal
judgment seat,
13saying, “This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to aithe
Or Law
law.”
14But when Paul was about to akopen his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or vicious, unscrupulous act, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; 15but if there are
Or arguments
amquestions about
Lit word
teaching and
Lit names
persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.”
16And he drove them away from apthe
Or tribunal
judgment seat.
17But they all took hold of arSosthenes, asthe leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of atthe judgment seat. And yet Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

18 Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, autook leave of avthe brothers and sisters and sailed away to awSyria, and axPriscilla and ayAquila were with him.
Lit Having had his hair cut
Paul first bahad his hair cut at bbCenchrea, for he was keeping a vow.
19They came to bcEphesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered bdthe synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, 21but betook leave of them and said, “I will return to you again bfif God wills,” and he set sail from bgEphesus.

22 When he had landed in bhCaesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and went down to biAntioch.

Third Missionary Journey

23 And after spending some time there, he left and passed successively through the bjGalatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24 Now a Jew named bkApollos, an blAlexandrian by birth,
Or a learned man
an eloquent man, came to bnEphesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures.
25This man had been instructed in bothe way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with bpthe baptism of John; 26and
Lit this man
he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when brPriscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained bsthe way of God more accurately to him.
27And when he wanted to go across to btAchaia, buthe brothers encouraged him and wrote to bvthe 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,
28for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating bxby the Scriptures that byJesus was the
I.e., Messiah
Christ.
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