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Acts - Chapter 18

	Act 18:1	After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth.
	Act 18:2	And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them.
	Act 18:3	So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers.
	Act 18:4	And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
	Act 18:5	When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [is] the Christ.
	Act 18:6	But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook [his] garments and said to them, "Your blood [be] upon your [own] heads; I [am] clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
	Act 18:7	And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain [man] named Justus, [fn] [one] who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
	Act 18:8	Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized.
	Act 18:9	Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent;
	Act 18:10	"for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city."
	Act 18:11	And he continued [there] a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
	Act 18:12	When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,
	Act 18:13	saying, "This [fellow] persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
	Act 18:14	And when Paul was about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you.
	Act 18:15	"But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look [to it] yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such [matters]."
	Act 18:16	And he drove them from the judgment seat.
	Act 18:17	Then all the Greeks [fn] took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat [him] before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things.
	Act 18:18	So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila [were] with him. He had [his] hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow.
	Act 18:19	And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
	Act 18:20	When they asked [him] to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent,
	Act 18:21	but took leave of them, saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; [fn] but I will return again to you, God willing." And he sailed from Ephesus.
	Act 18:22	And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch.
	Act 18:23	After he had spent some time [there], he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
	Act 18:24	Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man [and] mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.
	Act 18:25	This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John.
	Act 18:26	So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
	Act 18:27	And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
	Act 18:28	for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

NKJV Footnotes:

(18:7) NU-Text reads Titius Justus.
(18:17) NU-Text reads they all.
(18:21) NU-Text omits I must through Jerusalem.

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