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| Chapter 18
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After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; |
2 |
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come
from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had
commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. |
3 |
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and
wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. |
4 | And he reasoned in the synagogue every
sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. |
5 | And when Silas and Timotheus were come
from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ. |
6 | And when
they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he
1shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own
heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
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Matt 10:14
Mark 6:11
Luke 10:11
Acts 13:51
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7 | And he
departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named
Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the
synagogue. |
8 | And Crispus, the chief ruler of the
synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the
Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. |
9 |
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not
afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: |
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| For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee:
for I have much people in this city. |
11 |
And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of
God among them. |
12 |
And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection
with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, |
13 |
Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. |
14 |
And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the
Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews,
reason would that I should bear with you: |
15 | But if it be a question of words and
names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of
such matters. |
16 |
And he drave them from the judgment seat. |
17 | Then
all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and
beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of
those things. |
18 | And Paul after this tarried there yet
a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed
thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn
his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. |
19 |
And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered
into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. |
20 | When they desired him to tarry longer
time with them, he consented not; |
21 |
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast
that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God
will. And he sailed from Ephesus. |
22 | And
when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church,
he went down to Antioch. |
23 | And
after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all
the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the
disciples. |
24 |
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty
in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. |
25 | This
man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the
spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord,
knowing only the baptism of John. |
26 | And he
began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and
Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him
the way of God more perfectly. |
27 | And
when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote,
exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come,
helped them much which had believed through grace: |
28 | For
he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ. |