1BEFORE long Paul left Athens and went on to Corinth
2where he, found a Jew called Aquila, a native of Pontus. This man had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had issued a decree that all Jews should leave Rome. He went to see them in their house
3and because they practiced the same trade as himself he stayed with them. They all worked together, for their trade was tentmaking.
4Every Sabbath Paul used to speak in the synagogue trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
5By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia Paul was completely absorbed in preaching the message, showing the Jews as clearly as he could that Jesus is Christ.
6However, when they turned against him and abused him he shook his garments at them, and said, "Your blood be on your own heads! From now on I go with a perfectly clear conscience to the gentiles."
7Then he left them and want to the house of a man called Titius Justus, a man who reverenced God and whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8Crispus, the president of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, with all his household, and many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
9Then one night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and let no one silence you,
10for I myself am with you and no man shall lift a finger to harm you. There are many in this city who belong to me."
11So Paul settled down there for eighteen months and taught them God's message.
12Then, while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews banded together to attack Paul, and took him to court,
13saying, "This man is perverting men's minds to make them worship God in a way that is contrary to the Law."
14Paul was all ready to speak, but before he could utter a word Gallio said to the Jews, "Listen, Jews! If this were a matter of some crime or wrongdoing I might reasonably he expected to put up with you.
15But if it is a question which concerns words and names and your own Law, you must attend to it yourselves. I flatly refuse to be judge in these matters.",
16And he had them ejected from the court.
17Then they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the courthouse. But Gallio remained completely unconcerned.
18Paul stayed for some time after this incident and then took leave of the brothers and sailed for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila with him. At Cenchrea he had his hair cut short, for he had taken a solemn vow.
19They all arrived at Ephesus and there Paul left Aquila and Priscilla, but he himself went into the synagogue and debated with the Jews.
20When they asked him to stay longer he refused,
21bidding them farewell with the words, "If it is God's will I will come back to you again." Then he set sail from Ephesus
22and went down to Caesarea. Here he disembarked and after paying his respects to the Church in Jerusalem, he went down to Antioch.
23He spent some time there before he left and proceeded to visit systematically throughout Galatia and Phrygia, putting new heart into all the disciples as he went.
24Now a Jew called Apollos, a native of Alexandria and a gifted speaker, wellversed in the scriptures, arrived at Ephesus.
25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with burning zeal, teaching the facts about Jesus faithfully even though he only knew the baptism of John.
26This man began to speak with great boldness in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him aside and explained the Way of God to him more accurately.
27Then as he wanted to cross into Achaia, the brothers gave him every encouragement and wrote a letter to the disciples there, asking them to make him welcome. On his arrival he proved a source of great strength to those who had believed through grace
28for by his powerful arguments he publicly refuted the Jews, quoting from the scriptures to prove that Jesus is Christ.
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