Acts 18

1After this, he left Athens and went to Corinth.

2And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with Priscilla his wife because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome; and he went to them.

3And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

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

5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

6But when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads. I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

7And after leaving there, he entered the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God, whose house was next to the synagogue.

8But Crispus, the synagogue ruler, believed in the Lord together with his whole household, and many of the Corinthians, hearing, were believing and were being baptized.

9And the Lord said to Paul in the night through a vision, “Do not be afraid, but keep speaking and do not be silent,”

10because I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.

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

12But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

13saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.”

14But as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were some wrongdoing or a serious crime, O Jews, I would reasonably put up with you.

15But if these are questions about a word and names and your own law, you yourselves will see to it; I do not want to be a judge of these things.

16And he drove them away from the judgment seat.

17Then they all seized Sosthenes, the synagogue ruler, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to these things.

18After Paul had remained many more days, he said farewell to the brothers and sailed away for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchreae he had his head shaved, for he had a vow.

19They came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

20But when they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

21but after taking leave and saying, “I will return to you again, if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

22And after going down to Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, then went down to Antioch.

23And after spending some time there, he departed and traveled from place to place through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24A certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, arrived in Ephesus, being mighty in the Scriptures.

25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John.

26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

27And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

28For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah.