Acts 18:8-18

8 ¹Crispus, ²the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ³with all his household, and many of the ⁴Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by ⁵a vision, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

10 for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city."

11 And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But while Gallio was ⁶proconsul of ⁷Achaia, ⁸the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before ⁹the judgment seat,

13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to ¹⁰the law."

14 But when Paul was about to ¹¹open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

15 but if there are ¹²questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling * to be a judge of these matters."

16 And he drove them away from ¹³the judgment seat.

17 And they all took hold of ¹⁴Sosthenes, ¹⁵the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ¹⁶the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

18 Paul, having remained many days longer, ¹⁷took leave of ¹⁸the brethren and put out to sea for ¹⁹Syria, and with him were ²⁰Priscilla and ²¹Aquila. In ²²Cenchrea he ²³had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Corinthians 1:14
• 2. Mark 5:22
• 3. Acts 11:14
• 4. Acts 18:1; Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1, 23; 2 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Timothy 4:20
• 5. Acts 9:10
• 6. Acts 13:7
• 7. Acts 18:27; 2 Corinthians 9:21">12 Corinthians 9:21; Romans 15:26; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 9:2; 2 Corinthians 11:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:7
• 8. 1 Thessalonians 2:14f
• 9. Matthew 27:19
• 10. John 19:7; Acts 18:15
• 11. Matthew 5:2
• 12. Acts 23:29; Acts 25:19
• 13. Matthew 27:19
• 14. 1 Corinthians 1:1
• 15. Acts 18:8
• 16. Matthew 27:19
• 17. Mark 6:46
• 18. Acts 1:15; Acts 18:27
• 19. Matthew 4:24
• 20. Acts 18:2, 26
• 21. Acts 18:2, 26
• 22. Romans 16:1
• 23. Num 6:2, 5, 9, 18; Acts 21:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "having his hair cut"