Acts - Chapter 18 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. 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 {cf15I that} Jesus {cf15I was} Christ.
  • 6. And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook {cf15I his} raiment, and said unto them, Your blood {cf15I be} upon your own heads; I {cf15I am} clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
  • 7. And he departed thence, and entered into a certain {cf15I man's} house, named Justus, {cf15I 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:
  • 10. 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I fellow} persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
  • 14. And when Paul was now about to open {cf15I his} mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O {cf15I ye} Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
  • 15. But if it be a question of words and names, and {cf15I of} your law, look ye {cf15I to it}; for I will be no judge of such {cf15I 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 {cf15I him} before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
  • 18. And Paul {cf15I after this} tarried {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I there}, he departed, and went over {cf15I 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, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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, {cf15I and that} publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
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