18:1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
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18:2 He found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to them.
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18:3 And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
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18:4 He lectured in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
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18:5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was pressed by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that YASHUWAH was the Messiah.
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18:6 But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads. I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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18:7 Then he departed from there and entered the house of a man named Justus, one who worshipped Elohim, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
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18:8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Master with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians, who heard, believed and were baptized.
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18:9 The Master spoke to Paul in the night through a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent.
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18:10 For I am with you, and no one shall attack you and hurt you, for I have many people in this city.”
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18:11 So for a year and six months he sat among them, teaching the word of Elohim.
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18:12 When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews in unity attacked Paul and brought him to court,
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18:13 saying, “This man is persuading men to worship Elohim contrary to the law.”
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18:14 When Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “O Jews, if it were a matter of a misdemeanor or serious crime, I would rightly bear with you.
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18:15 But if it is a question of words and names and your law, look into it yourselves. For I do not intend to be a judge of these matters.”
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18:16 So he drove them out of court.
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18:17 Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things mattered to Gallio.
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18:18 Yet Paul remained many days. He had his hair cut in Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. Then, bidding farewell to the brothers, he sailed to Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him.
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18:19 He arrived at Ephesus and left them there. But he himself went into the synagogue and lectured the Jews.
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18:20 When they asked him to remain for a while longer, he did not consent,
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18:21 but, bidding farewell, said, “I must by all means attend this upcoming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return to you if Elohim wills.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
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18:22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the Assembly and then went down to Antioch.
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18:23 After spending some time there, he departed and passed through the entire region of Galatia and Phrygia in sequence, strengthening all the disciples.
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18:24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, born in Alexandria, who was an eloquent man and powerful in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.
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18:25 This man was instructed in the way of YASHUWAH, knowing only the baptism of John, but being fervent in spirit, he accurately spoke and taught the things concerning the Master.
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18:26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him and explained the way of Elohim more accurately.
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18:27 When Apollos intended to pass into Achaia, the brothers wrote to encourage the disciples to welcome him. On arriving, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.
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18:28 For he vehemently refuted the Jews publicly, proving from the Scriptures that YASHUWAH was the Messiah.