Acts 18
In Corinth
18After these things he departed aAthens and went to bCorinth. 2And he found a Jew named aAquila, a native of bPontus, and his wife cPriscilla, who recently came from dItaly because eClaudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them, 3and because he was of the same trade, he was staying with them and athey were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. 4And he was reasoning ain the synagogue every bSabbath and trying to persuade both cJews and Greeks.
5But when aSilas and Timothy bcame down from cMacedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly dbearing witness to the Jews that eJesus is the 1Christ. 6But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ashook out his garments and said to them, “Your bblood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go cto the Gentiles.” 7Then he left there and went to the house of a man named 1Titius Justus, a aGod-fearer, whose house was next to the synagogue. 8aAnd Crispus, bthe leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord cwith all his household, and many of the dCorinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. 9And the Lord said to Paul in the night by aa vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent; 10for I am with you, and no man will lay a hand on you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city.” 11And he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12But while Gallio was aproconsul of bAchaia, cthe Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before dthe judgment seat, 13saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to athe law.” 14But when Paul was about to aopen his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; 15but if there are aquestions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am not willing to be a judge of these matters.” 16And he drove them away from athe judgment seat. 17And they all took hold of aSosthenes, bthe leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of cthe judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.
Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos
18And Paul, having remained many days longer, atook leave of bthe brothers and put out to sea for cSyria, and with him were dPriscilla and eAquila. In fCenchreae 1he ghad his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. 19And they arrived at aEphesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered bthe synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, 21but ataking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again bif God wills,” he set sail from cEphesus.
22And when he had landed at aCaesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to bAntioch. 23And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the aGalatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24Now a Jew named aApollos, an bAlexandrian by birth, 1an eloquent man, arrived at cEphesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. 25This man had been instructed in athe way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with bthe baptism of John; 26and 1he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when aPriscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him bthe way of God more accurately. 27And when he wanted to go across to aAchaia, bthe brothers encouraged him and wrote to cthe disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly 1helped those who had believed through grace, 28for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating aby the Scriptures that bJesus is the 1Christ.