'After1this2Paulleft3Athens6andwent7to8Corinth.9 And1he found2a3Jew4named5Aquila,6a8native9of Pontus,7recently10come11from12Italy14with15his18wife17Priscilla,16because19Claudius22had commanded21all24the25Jews26to leave23Rome.29Andhe went to30[see] them,31 and1because23he was5of the same trade4he stayed6with7them8and9worked,10for12they were11tentmakers13by trade.15 And2he reasoned1in3the4synagogue5every7Sabbath,8and10tried topersuade9Jews11and12Greeks.13 When1Silas9and10Timothy12arrived3from4Macedonia,6Paul17was occupied13with the14word,15testifying18to the19Jews20thatthe22Christ23was21Jesus.24 And2when1they3opposed1and4reviled5him,he shook out6[his]7garments8andsaid9to10them,11“Your14blood13beon15your own18heads!17I20aminnocent.19From21now on23I will go27to24the25Gentiles.”26 And1he left2there3andwent4to5the house6of a man7named8Titius9Justus,10a worshiper of11God.13His14house16was17next door18to the19synagogue.20 Crispus,1the3ruler of the synagogue,4believed5in the6Lord,7togetherwith8his12entire9household.11And13many14of the15Corinthians16hearing [Paul]17believed18and19were baptized.20 And2the3Lord4said1to Paul10one night6in7a vision,8“Donot11be afraid,12but13go on speaking14and15donot16be silent,17 for1I2am3with4you,5and6no one7will attack8you9to harm11you,12for13I have1516many17in18this21city20who are mypeople.”14 And2he stayed1a year3and4six6months,5teaching7the10word11of God13among8them.9 But2when4Gallio1was4proconsul3of Achaia,6the9Jews10made a7united8attack on7Paul12and13brought14him15before16the17tribunal,18 saying,1“This man7is persuading6people9to worship10God12contrary to3the4law.”5 But2when1Paul4was about1to open5[his]6mouth,7Gallio10said8to11the12Jews,13“If14it were16a matter of wrongdoing17or19vicious21crime,20O22Jews,23I27would have reason to242526accept27your [complaint].28 But2since1it is4a [matter of] questions3about5words6and7names8and9your own1213law,10see to14it15yourselves.14I17refuse1920to be21a judge16of these things.”18 And1he drove2them3from4the5tribunal.6 And2they1all3seized1Sosthenes,4the5ruler of the synagogue,6andbeat7himin front of8the9tribunal.10But11Gallio15paid16no12attention to16any12of this.13 After this,Paul3stayed5many7days6longer7and thentook leave of10the8brothers9andset sail11for12Syria,14and15with16him17Priscilla18and19Aquila.20At22Cenchreae23he had cut21his[hair],25for27he was under26a vow.28 And2they came1to3Ephesus,4and5he left6them5there,7but9he himself8went10into11the12synagogue13andreasoned14with the15Jews.16 When1they3asked1himto stay7for4a longer5period,6he declined.89 But1on taking leave of2themhe said,4“I will return6to7you8ifGod10wills,”11and3he set sail12from13Ephesus.15 When he had landed2at3Caesarea,4he went up5and6greeted7the8church,9and thenwent down10to11Antioch.12 After1spending2some4time3there,he departed5andwent6from one place to the next through7the8region10of Galatia9and11Phrygia,12strengthening13all14the15disciples.16 Now2a3Jew1named5Apollos,4a7native8[of] Alexandria,6came11to12Ephesus.13He was15an eloquent10man,9competent14in16the17Scriptures.18 He1had been2instructed3in the4way5of the6Lord.7And8being fervent9in spirit,11he spoke12and13taught14accurately15the things16concerning17Jesus,19thoughhe knew20only21the22baptism23of John.24 He1began3to speak boldly4in5the6synagogue,7but9when8Priscilla11and12Aquila13heard8him,10they took14him15aside14and16explained19to him18the20way21of God23more accurately.17 And2when1he3wished1to cross4to5Achaia,7the9brothers10encouraged8him andwrote11to the12disciples13to welcome14him.15When17he16arrived,17he18greatly19helped18those20who21through22grace24had believed,21 for2he5powerfully1refuted5the3Jews4in public,6showing7by8the9Scriptures10thatthe12Christ13was11Jesus.14