Jul. 30, 31
Acts 18
Act 18:1 After these
things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
Act 18:2 He found a
certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently
come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had
commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
Act 18:3 and because he
practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade
they were tent makers.
Act 18:4 He reasoned in
the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
Act 18:5 But when Silas
and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the
Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
Act 18:6 When they
opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to
them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on,
I will go to the Gentiles!"
Act 18:7 He departed
there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who
worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
Act 18:8 Crispus, the
ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many
of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
Act 18:9 The Lord said
to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak
and don't be silent;
Act 18:10 for I am with
you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people
in this city."
Act 18:11 He lived
there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Act 18:12 But when
Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up
against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Act 18:13 saying, "This
man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
Act 18:14 But when Paul
was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed
it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be
reasonable that I should bear with you;
Act 18:15 but if they
are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it
yourselves. For I don't want to be a judge of these matters."
Act 18:16 He drove them
from the judgment seat.
Act 18:17 Then all the
Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat
him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn't care about any of these
things.
Act 18:18 Paul, having
stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and
sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He
shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
Act 18:19 He came to
Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the
synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
Act 18:20 When they
asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
Act 18:21 but taking
his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this
coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God
wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
Act 18:22 When he had
landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went
down to Antioch.
Act 18:23 Having spent
some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia,
and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
Act 18:24 Now a certain
Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to
Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
Act 18:25 This man had
been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit,
he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although
he knew only the baptism of John.
Act 18:26 He began to
speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard
him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more
accurately.
Act 18:27 When he had
determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and
wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly
helped those who had believed through grace;
Act 18:28 for he
powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that
Jesus was the Christ.