Through My Bible Yr 03 – July 08
Through My Bible Yr 03 – July 08
Acts 18:1-17
Acts 18
In Corinth
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2Ā There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them. 3Ā Because he had the same occupation, he stayed and worked with them, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4Ā Every Sabbath he led a discussion in the synagogue, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.
5Ā When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was entirely devoted to preaching the word, [1] testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6Ā But when they opposed Paul and slandered him, he shook out his clothes and said to them, āYour blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!ā
7Ā He left that place and went to the house of a man named Titius [2] Justus, a worshipper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8Ā Crispus, the synagogue leader, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9Ā One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: āDo not be afraid, but keep on speaking, and do not be silent. 10Ā For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.ā 11Ā He stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12Ā But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judicial bench. 13Ā They said, āThis man is persuading the people to worship God in a way that is against the law.ā
14Ā But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, āIf this were some kind of misdemeanor or vicious crime, I would formally accept the complaint of you Jews. 15Ā But since these are disputes about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not intend to be a judge of these things.ā 16Ā So he drove them away from the judicial bench. 17Ā Then all the Greeks [3] seized Sosthenes, the synagogue leader, and beat him in front of the judicial bench. But none of these things concerned Gallio.
Footnotes
- Acts 18:5 Some witnesses to the text read Paul was urged on in his spirit or urged on by the Spirit.
- Acts 18:7 Some witnesses to the text omit Titius.
- Acts 18:17 Some witnesses to the text omit the Greeks.
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