Acts 18
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them.
3 Since they had the same trade, he stayed with them and they worked together, for they were tentmakers by trade.
4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
6 But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
7 Leaving there, he went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, believed in the Lord with his whole household; and many of the Corinthians who heard believed and were baptized.
9 One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid; speak out and do not be silent.
10 For I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
11 He stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the tribunal.
13 They said, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the Law.”
14 As Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If this were a matter of wrongdoing or a serious crime, Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your case.
15 But if these are questions about words, names, and your Law, deal with them yourselves. I do not want to be a judge of these matters.”
16 And he drove them away from the tribunal.
17 Then they all seized Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the tribunal; and Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
18 Paul stayed there many more days. Then he said goodbye to the brothers and sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila. He had his head shaved at Cenchreae, because he had made a vow.
19 They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 They asked him to stay longer, but he did not agree.
21 He said goodbye and told them, “I will come back to you again, if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 He landed at Caesarea, went up and greeted the church, then went down to Antioch.
23 After spending some time there, he left and traveled from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
24 A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and, fervent in spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
27 When he wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples, urging them to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
28 For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
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