g.
To Corinth
18:1-17
1)
Meeting Aquila and Priscilla
vv. 1-4
Acts 18
:1
18:1
After these things he departed from
aAthens and came to
bCorinth.
Acts 18
:2
18:2
And having found a certain Jew named
aAquila, a native of
bPontus, recently come from
cItaly, and Priscilla his wife (because
1dClaudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from
eRome), he went to them.
Acts 18
:3
18:3
And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and
aworked; for they were tentmakers by trade.
Acts 18
:4
18:4
And he reasoned
1in the
2asynagogue every
3Sabbath, persuading both Jews and
4bGreeks.
2)
Preaching to the Jews and encountering their opposition
vv. 5-17
Acts 18
:5
18:5
And 1when both Silas and
aTimothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was
2constrained by the word, solemnly
btestifying to the Jews that Jesus was the
cChrist.
Acts 18
:6
18:6
But when they resisted and
ablasphemed, he
bshook out his garments and said to them, Your
cblood be upon your head; I am clean. From now on I will
1go to the
dGentiles.
Acts 18
:7
18:7
And he left there and went into the house of one named Titius Justus, one who
aworshipped God, whose house was next to the synagogue.
Acts 18
:8
18:8
And aCrispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with his whole
1bhousehold; and many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
Acts 18
:9
18:9
And the Lord said to Paul in the
anight by a
1vision, Do
bnot be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
Acts 18
:10
18:10
Because I Myself am
awith you, and no one will assail you to harm you, because I have many
bpeople in this city.
Acts 18
:11
18:11
And he
1remained there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Acts 18
:12
18:12
But while Gallio was
aproconsul of Achaia, the
bJews rose up against Paul with one accord and
cbrought him to the judgment seat,
Acts 18
:13
18:13
Saying, This man incites men to worship God contrary to the law.
Acts 18
:14
18:14
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrongdoing or some wicked crime, O Jews, I would for that reason tolerate you;
Acts 18
:15
18:15
But if there are
aquestions concerning words and names and your own
blaw, look
after it yourselves. A judge of these things I do not intend to be.
Acts 18
:16
18:16
And he drove them away from the judgment seat.
Acts 18
:17
18:17
And they all laid hold of
1Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat
him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.
h.
To Ephesus
18:18-21a
Acts 18
:18
18:18
And Paul, having remained
there yet a considerable number of days, took leave of the brothers and sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and
aAquila, having
bshorn his head in
cCenchrea, for he had a
1vow.
Acts 18
:19
18:19
And they arrived at
aEphesus, and he left them there; but he
1entered into the
bsynagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 18
:20
18:20
And when they asked
him to remain for a longer time, he did not consent;
i.
Back to Antioch, ending the second journey
18:21b-22
Acts 18
:21
18:21
But taking leave of
them and saying, I will come back to you again, God
awilling, he put out to sea from Ephesus.
Acts 18
:22
18:22
And coming down to Caesarea, he went up
to Jerusalem and greeted the
achurch and
1went down to
bAntioch.
7.
The third journey
18:23—21:17
a.
To the country of Galatia and Phrygia
18:23
Acts 18
:23
18:23
And when he had spent some time
there, he
1went off, passing through the country of
aGalatia and Phrygia in order,
bconfirming all the disciples.
b.
To Ephesus again
18:24—19:41
1)
The ministry of Apollos
18:24-28
Acts 18
:24
18:24
And a certain Jew named
aApollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived at Ephesus,
and he was powerful in the Scriptures.
Acts 18
:25
18:25
This man was instructed in the
1way of the Lord, and being
afervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew
2only the
bbaptism of John.
Acts 18
:26
18:26
And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And when Priscilla and
aAquila heard him, they took him to
themselves and expounded the
bway of God to him more accurately.
Acts 18
:27
18:27
And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers encouraged
him and
awrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he arrived
there, he helped much through
1bgrace those who had believed;
Acts 18
:28
18:28
For he vigorously confuted the Jews publicly, showing by the
aScriptures that Jesus was the
bChrist.
