Acts 18

1And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,

2and having found a certain Jew, by name Aquilas, of Pontus by birth, lately come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla—because of Claudius having directed all the Jews to depart out of Rome—he came to them,

3and because of being of the same craft, he remained with them, and was working, for they were tentmakers as to craft;

4and he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

5And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the Spirit, testifying fully to the Jews Jesus the Christ;

6and on their resisting and slandering, having shaken [his] garments, he said to them, “Your blood [is] on your head—I am clean; from now on I will go on to the nations.”

7And having departed from there, he went to the house of a certain one, by name Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue,

8and Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue believed in the LORD with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing were believing, and they were being immersed.

9And the LORD said through a vision in the night to Paul, “Do not be afraid, but be speaking and you may not be silent;

10because I am with you, and no one will set on you to do evil [to] you, because I have many people in this city”;

11and he continued a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord on Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

13saying, “This one persuades men to worship God against the Law”;

14and Paul being about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked recklessness, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,

15but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look [to it] yourselves, for I do not intend to be a judge of these things,”

16and he drives them from the judgment seat;

17and all the Greeks having taken Sosthenes, the chief man of the synagogue, were beating [him] before the judgment seat, and Gallio was not even caring for these things.

18And Paul having remained yet a good many days, having taken leave of the brothers, was sailing to Syria—and with him [are] Priscilla and Aquilas—having shorn [his] head in Cenchera, for he had a vow;

19and he came down to Ephesus, and left them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue reasoned with the Jews:

20and they having requested [him] to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

21but took leave of them, saying, “It is necessary for me by all means to keep the coming celebration at Jerusalem, and again I will return to you—God willing.” And he sailed from Ephesus,

22and having come down to Caesarea, having gone up, and having greeted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

23And having stayed some time, he went forth, going successively through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by birth, a man of eloquence, being mighty in the Writings, came to Ephesus;

25this one was instructed in the way of the LORD, and being fervent in the Spirit, was speaking and teaching exactly the things about the LORD, knowing only the immersion of John;

26this one also began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Aquilas and Priscilla having heard of him, took him to [them], and more exactly set forth to him The Way of God,

27and he resolving to go through into Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, helped them much who have believed through grace,

28for he was powerfully refuting the Jews publicly, showing through the Writings Jesus to be the Christ.