Acts

¹After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. ²There, he met a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race. He and his wife Priscilla had recently arrived from Italy because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, ³and since he practiced the same trade (they were tent makers), he lived and worked with them. ⁴Every Sabbath, Paul¹⁴⁸⁴ reasoned in the synagogue and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. ⁵When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was dedicated to preaching, bearing witness to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. ⁶Then, when the Jews opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

⁷He departed and went into the house of a man named Justus,¹⁴⁸⁵ [a man] devoted to God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. ⁸Now Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with his entire household; and many Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized. ⁹One night, the Lord said to Paul by a vision, “Do not be afraid! Speak out and do not be silent. ¹⁰I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

Paul accused

¹¹Paul lived there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among the people of Corinth.^{1486 12}However, when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, ¹³saying, “This man convinces people to worship¹⁴⁸⁷ God in opposition to the law.”

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If you Jews were complaining about a matter of wrongdoing or about a wicked crime, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you. ¹⁵However, if there is a question about words and names and your own law, deal with it yourselves, for I do not want to be a judge of these matters.” ¹⁶And he had them removed from the court.

¹⁷Then all the Greeks¹⁴⁸⁸ turned on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal, but Gallio did not care about any of these things.

Return to Antioch

¹⁸After this, Paul stayed some time longer. He then took his leave of the brethren and set sail from Corinth to Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchreae, he shaved his head on account of a vow which he had made. ¹⁹Arriving in Ephesus, he left Priscilla and Aquila there, but he himself entered into the synagogue and debated with the Jews. ²⁰When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined. ²¹However, taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will come back to you if God wills.” He then set sail from Ephesus.

²²After landing at Caesarea, he went to greet the Church, and then traveled down to Antioch. ²³Having spent some time there, he departed and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos who was an Alexandrian by race and an eloquent man arrived in Ephesus, and he was powerful with the Scriptures. ²⁵He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent¹⁴⁸⁹ in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord¹⁴⁹⁰, although he had only experienced the baptism of John. ²⁶Apollos began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

²⁷When Apollos had determined to cross over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he arrived there, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace, ²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

Paul in Ephesus—Baptism and the Holy Spirit—Miracles

1484. Greek “he”
1485. CT reads “Titius Justus”
1486. Greek “them”
1487. Here, “worship” is used to translate se,besqai (sebesthai), not proskuneo.
1488. CT reads “they all”
1489. Or “zealous”
1490. CT reads “Jesus” instead of “the Lord”