Acts 18Book 44 of 66 · 28 verses · MBT primary, NKJV fallback where MBT pending

  1. After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
  2. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome.
  3. So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for they were tentmakers by trade.
  4. And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and tried to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
  5. When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself to preaching the word and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.
  6. But when they opposed and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.
  7. And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
  8. Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.
  9. Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, 'Do not be afraid, but keep 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 in this city who are my people.'
  11. And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
  12. When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
  13. saying, 'This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.'
  14. And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, 'If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a serious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint.
  15. But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.'
  16. And he drove them from the tribunal.
  17. Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal, but Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
  18. So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow.
  19. And he came to Ephesus and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
  20. When they asked him to stay longer, he declined.
  21. but took leave of them, saying, 'I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing.' And he sailed from Ephesus.
  22. And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
  23. After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
  24. Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.
  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, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  26. So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately.
  27. And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
  28. for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.