Acts 18:1-22

Paul at Corinth

1 After these things he left ¹Athens and went to ²Corinth.

2 And he found a Jew named ³Aquila, a native of ⁴Pontus, having recently come from ⁵Italy with his wife ⁶Priscilla, because ⁷Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

3 and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and ⁸they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers.

4 And he was reasoning ⁹in the synagogue every ¹⁰Sabbath and trying to persuade ¹¹Jews and Greeks.

5 But when ¹²Silas and Timothy ¹³came down from ¹⁴Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly ¹⁵testifying to the Jews that ¹⁶Jesus was the Christ.

6 But when they resisted and blasphemed, he ¹⁷shook out his garments and said to them, "Your ¹⁸blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go ¹⁹to the Gentiles."

7 Then he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, ²⁰a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue.

8 ²¹Crispus, ²²the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord ²³with all his household, and many of the ²⁴Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night by ²⁵a 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 ²⁶proconsul of ²⁷Achaia, ²⁸the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before ²⁹the judgment seat,

13 saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to ³⁰the law."

14 But when Paul was about to ³¹open 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 ³²questions 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 ³³the judgment seat.

17 And they all took hold of ³⁴Sosthenes, ³⁵the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ³⁶the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

18 Paul, having remained many days longer, ³⁷took leave of ³⁸the brethren and put out to sea for ³⁹Syria, and with him were ⁴⁰Priscilla and ⁴¹Aquila. In ⁴²Cenchrea he ⁴³had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.

19 They came to ⁴⁴Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered ⁴⁵the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

20 When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent,

21 but ⁴⁶taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again ⁴⁷if God wills," he set sail from ⁴⁸Ephesus.

22 When he had landed at ⁴⁹Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to ⁵⁰Antioch.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 17:15
• 2. Acts 18:8; Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1, 23; 2 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Timothy 4:20
• 3. Acts 18:18, 26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19
• 4. Acts 2:9
• 5. Acts 27:1, 6; Hebrews 13:24
• 6. Acts 18:18, 26; Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; 2 Timothy 4:19
• 7. Acts 11:28
• 8. Acts 20:34; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 9:14; 2 Corinthians 11:7; 2 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:8
• 9. Acts 9:20; Acts 18:19
• 10. Acts 13:14
• 11. Acts 14:1
• 12. Acts 15:22; Acts 16:1; Acts 17:14
• 13. Acts 17:15
• 14. Acts 16:9
• 15. Luke 16:28; Acts 20:21
• 16. Acts 17:3; Acts 18:28
• 17. Nehemiah 5:13; Acts 13:51
• 18. 2 Samuel 1:16; 1 Kings 2:33; Ezekiel 18:13; Ezekiel 33:4, 6, 8; Matthew 27:25; Acts 20:26
• 19. Acts 13:46
• 20. Acts 13:43; Acts 16:14
• 21. 1 Corinthians 1:14
• 22. Mark 5:22
• 23. Acts 11:14
• 24. Acts 18:1; Acts 19:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1, 23; 2 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Timothy 4:20
• 25. Acts 9:10
• 26. Acts 13:7
• 27. 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
• 28. 1 Thessalonians 2:14f
• 29. Matthew 27:19
• 30. John 19:7; Acts 18:15
• 31. Matthew 5:2
• 32. Acts 23:29; Acts 25:19
• 33. Matthew 27:19
• 34. 1 Corinthians 1:1
• 35. Acts 18:8
• 36. Matthew 27:19
• 37. Mark 6:46
• 38. Acts 1:15; Acts 18:27
• 39. Matthew 4:24
• 40. Acts 18:2, 26
• 41. Acts 18:2, 26
• 42. Romans 16:1
• 43. Num 6:2, 5, 9, 18; Acts 21:24
• 44. Acts 18:21, 24; Acts 19:1, 17, 26, 28, 34; Acts 20:16; Acts 21:29; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:8; Ephesians 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 4:12; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:1
• 45. Acts 18:4
• 46. Mark 6:46
• 47. Romans 1:10; Romans 15:32; 1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Corinthians 16:7; Hebrews 6:3; James 4:15; 1 Peter 3:17
• 48. Acts 18:19, 24; Acts 19:1, 17, 26, 28, 34; Acts 20:16; Acts 21:29; 1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:8; Ephesians 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:3; 2 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 4:12; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:1
• 49. Acts 8:40
• 50. Acts 11:19

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Messiah
• [b]. One early ms reads "Titus;" two other early mss omit the name
• [c]. Lit "having his hair cut"