ACTS 18 [†]After this Paul [1] left Athens and went to Corinth. 2[†]And he found a Jew named  v Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife  v Priscilla, because  w Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3[†]and  x because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4[†]And  y he reasoned in the synagogue  y every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5[†] z When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul  a was occupied with the word,  b testifying to the Jews that the Christ was  c Jesus. 6[†]And when they opposed and reviled him,  d he shook out his garments and said to them,  e “Your blood be on your own heads!  f I am innocent.  g From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7[†]And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius  h Justus,  i a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8[†] j Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together  k with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. 9[†]And the Lord said to Paul  l one night in  m a vision,  n “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, 10 n for I am with you, and  o no one will attack you to harm you, for  p I have many in this city who are my people.” 11And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12[†]But when Gallio was  q proconsul of Achaia,  r the Jews [2] made a united attack on Paul and  s brought him before the tribunal, 13saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to  t the law.” 14[†]But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious  u crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15But  v since it is a matter of questions about words and names and  w your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” 16And he drove them from the tribunal. 17[†]And they all 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[†]After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of  x the brothers [3] and set sail for Syria, and with him  y Priscilla and Aquila. At  z Cenchreae  a he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. 19[†]And they came to  b Ephesus, and he left them there, but  c he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. 20When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. 21[†]But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you  d if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

22[†]When he had landed at Caesarea, he  e went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. 23[†]After spending some time there, he departed and  f went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia,  g strengthening all the disciples.

24[†]Now a Jew named  h Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man,  i competent in the Scriptures. 25[†]He had been instructed in  j the way of the Lord. And  k being fervent in spirit, [4] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only  l the baptism of John. 26[†]He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when  m Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him  n the way of God more accurately. 27[†]And when he wished to cross to  o Achaia,  p the brothers encouraged him and  q wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived,  r he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, 28[†]for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures  s that the Christ was Jesus.