After these
things
he left
aAthens
and went
to bCorinth
.
And he found a Jew
named
aAquila
, a native
of bPontus
, having recently
come
from cItaly
with his wife
aPriscilla
, because
dClaudius
had commanded
all
the Jews
to leave
Rome
. He came
to them,
and because he was of the same
trade
, he stayed
with them and athey were working
, for by trade
they were tent-makers
.
And he was reasoning ain the synagogue
every
bSabbath
and trying to persuade
cJews
and Greeks
.
But when aSilas
and Timothy
bcame
down
from cMacedonia
, Paul
began devoting
himself completely
to the word
, solemnly
dtestifying
to the Jews
that eJesus
was the 1Christ
.
But when they resisted and blasphemed
, he ashook
out his garments
and said
to them, "Your bblood
be on your own heads
! I am clean
. From now
on I will go
cto the Gentiles
."
Then he left
there
and went
to the house
of a man
named
1Titius
Justus
, aa worshiper
of God
, whose
house
was next
to the synagogue
.
aCrispus, bthe leader
of the synagogue
, believed
in the Lord
cwith all
his household
, and many
of the dCorinthians
when they heard
were believing
and being baptized
.
And the Lord said
to Paul
in the night
by aa vision
, "Do not be afraid
any longer, but go on speaking
and do not be silent
;
for I am with you, and no
man
will attack
you in order to harm
you, for I have many
people
in this
city
."
And he settled there a year
and six
months
, teaching
the word
of God
among
them.
But while Gallio was aproconsul
of bAchaia
, cthe Jews
with one
accord
rose
up against
Paul
and brought
him before
dthe judgment
seat
,
saying, "This
man
persuades
men
to worship
God
contrary
to athe law
."
But when Paul was about
to aopen
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;
but if there are aquestions
about
words
and names
and your own law
, look
after
it yourselves
; I am
unwilling
to be a judge
of these
matters."
And he drove them away
from athe judgment
seat
.
And they all took
hold
of aSosthenes
, bthe leader
of the synagogue
, and began beating
him in front
of cthe judgment
seat
. But Gallio
was not concerned
about any
of these
things
.
Paul, having remained
many
days
longer
, atook
leave
of bthe brethren
and put
out to sea
for cSyria
, and with him were dPriscilla
and dAquila
. In eCenchrea
1he fhad his hair
cut
, for he was keeping
a vow
.
They came to aEphesus
, and he left
them there
. Now
he himself
entered
bthe synagogue
and reasoned
with the Jews
.
When they asked him to stay
for a longer
time
, he did not consent
,
but ataking leave
of them and saying
, "I will return
to you again
bif God
wills
," he set
sail
from cEphesus
.
When he had landed at aCaesarea
, he went
up and greeted
the church
, and went
down
to bAntioch
.
And having spent some
time
there, he left
and passed
successively
through
the aGalatian
region
and Phrygia
, strengthening
all
the disciples
.
Now a Jew
named
aApollos
, an bAlexandrian
by birth
, 1an eloquent
man
, came
to cEphesus
; and he was mighty
in the Scriptures
.
This man
had been
instructed
in athe way
of the Lord
; and being
fervent
in spirit
, he was speaking
and teaching
accurately
the things concerning
Jesus
, being
acquainted
only
with bthe baptism
of John
;
and 1he began to speak
out boldly
in the synagogue
. But when aPriscilla
and Aquila
heard
him, they took
him aside
and explained
to him bthe way
of God
more
accurately
.
And when he wanted to go
across
to aAchaia
, bthe brethren
encouraged
him and wrote
to cthe disciples
to welcome
him; and when he had arrived
, he greatly
1helped
those
who had believed
through
grace
,
for he powerfully refuted
the Jews
in public
, demonstrating
aby the Scriptures
that bJesus
was the 1Christ
.