[1] After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. [2]
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had
recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had
commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, [3] and
because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by
trade they were tent makers. [4] He reasoned in the synagogue every
Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. [5] But when Silas and Timothy came
down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the
Jews that Jesus was the Christ. [6] When they opposed him and blasphemed,
he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own
heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!" [7] He departed
there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who
worshipped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. [8] Crispus,
the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many
of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. [9] The Lord said
to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don`t be afraid, but speak and don`t be
silent; [10] for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for
I have many people in this city." [11] He lived there a year and six
months, teaching the word of God among them. [12] But when Gallio was
proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and
brought him before the judgment seat, [13] saying, "This man persuades men
to worship God contrary to the law." [14] But when Paul was about to open
his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or
of wicked crime, Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
[15] but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look
to it yourselves. For I don`t want to be a judge of these matters." [16] He
drove them from the judgment seat. [17] Then all the Greeks laid hold on
Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment
seat. Gallio didn`t care about any of these things. [18] Paul, having
stayed after this yet many days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed
from there for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila with him. He shaved his head
in Cenchreae, for he had a vow. [19] He came to Ephesus, and he left them
there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the
Jews. [20] When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined; [21] but
taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this coming
feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set
sail from Ephesus. [22] When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and
greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch. [23] Having spent some time
there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in
order, establishing all the disciples. [24] Now a certain Jew named
Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was
mighty in the scriptures. [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, although he knew only the baptism of John. [26] He
began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard
him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more
accurately. [27] When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the
brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he
had come, he helped them much, who had believed through grace; [28] for he
powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the scriptures that Jesus
was the Christ.
