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class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul selects Timothy as a traveling companion (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/16#h=113:0-114:0">16:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Vision of the Macedonian man; the witnessing spreads to Europe (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/16#h=114:0-115:0">16:6-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Lydia’s conversion in Philippi (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/16#h=115:0-116:0">16:11-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul and Silas imprisoned in Philippi (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/16#h=116:0-118:0">16:16-24</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The jailer and his household baptized (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/16#h=118:0-119:0">16:25-34</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul requests an official apology (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/16#h=119:0-120:0">16:35-40</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul and Silas in Thessalonica (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/17#h=120:0-122:0">17:1-9</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul and Silas in Beroea (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/17#h=122:0-123:0">17:10-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul in Athens (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/17#h=123:0-124:113">17:16-22a</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul’s speech at the Areopagus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/17#h=123:1011-126:0">17:22b-31</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Different reactions to Paul’s speech; some become believers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/17#h=126:0-127:0">17:32-34</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul’s ministry in Corinth (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18#h=127:0-130:0">18:1-17</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul returns to Antioch of Syria via Ephesus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18#h=130:0-131:0">18:18-22</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L1 collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><p class="se title"><span class="itemLabel"><strong>L.</strong> </span><strong>Paul’s Third Missionary Tour (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18#h=131:0-149:299"><strong>18:23–21:17</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><span class="icon"></span></div><ul><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul departs for Galatia and Phrygia (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18#h=131:0-132:0">18:23</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Eloquent Apollos gets help from Priscilla and Aquila; travels to Achaia (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18#h=132:0-133:0">18:24-28</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul arrives in Ephesus; some disciples rebaptized, now in Jesus’ name (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/19#h=133:0-134:0">19:1-7</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul’s teaching activities in Ephesus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/19#h=134:0-135:0">19:8-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jehovah’s word prevails despite demonism in Ephesus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/19#h=135:0-136:0">19:11-20</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Riot in Ephesus; crowd rushes into the theater (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/19#h=136:0-139:0">19:21-34</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The city recorder of Ephesus quiets the crowd (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/19#h=139:0-140:0">19:35-41</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul in Macedonia and Greece (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/20#h=140:0-141:0">20:1-6</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Eutychus resurrected in Troas (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/20#h=141:0-142:0">20:7-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul leaves Troas for Miletus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/20#h=142:0-143:0">20:13-16</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Paul encourages Ephesian elders to pay attention to themselves and to God’s flock (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/20#h=143:0-147:0">20:17-38</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">En route to Jerusalem (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/21#h=147:0-149:0">21:1-14</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Arrival in Jerusalem (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/21#h=149:0-149:299">21:15-17</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-1" data-section-citation="044018001044018001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>Corinth:</strong> One of the oldest and most prominent cities of ancient Greece, located about 5 km (3 mi) SW of the modern-day city. The importance and great wealth of Corinth resulted largely from its strategic location at the isthmus, or narrow neck of land, connecting central Greece with the southern peninsula, the Peloponnese. Not only did Corinth control the flow of goods between northern and southern Greece but it also controlled maritime traffic between E and W on the Mediterranean Sea, since traveling the sea/land route via the isthmus was safer than making the trip around Greece. Achaia, as the Romans called Greece apart from Macedonia, became a Roman senatorial province during the reign of Caesar Augustus, and Corinth was made its capital. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/0/0">study note on Ac 18:12</a>.) A large number of Jews had settled in Corinth and had established a synagogue, drawing some Greek adherents. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Ac 18:4</a>) The presence of Jews in ancient Corinth is attested to by first-century writer <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/1/0">Philo</a> of Alexandria and by an ancient Greek inscription on a marble lintel found near the gate toward the harbor of Lechaeum. The inscription reads “[<em>Sy·na·</em>]<em>go·geʹ He·br</em>[<em>aiʹon</em>],” meaning “Synagogue of the Hebrews.” Some suggest that the lintel is from the time of Paul, but most favor a later date.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/0">App. B13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072173#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072173/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/809" ><span class="caption"><p>Synagogue in the City of Ostia</p> </span></a></div></li><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072308#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072308/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/978" ><span class="caption"><p>Corinth—A Thriving Metropolis</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1422" data-pid="1422" class="se"></p> <p id="p1423" data-pid="1423" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1411/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 148</a></p> <p id="p1424" data-pid="1424" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1412/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 467</a></p> <p id="p1425" data-pid="1425" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1413/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> pp. 210,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1414/0"> 214</a></p> <p id="p1426" data-pid="1426" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p421" data-pid="421" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/419/0">bt 148;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/419/2"> it-1 467;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/419/4"> si 210,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/419/6"> 214;</a></p> <p id="p422" data-pid="422" class="sx"></p> <p id="p467" data-pid="467" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/465/0">w66 177</a></p> <p id="p468" data-pid="468" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-2" data-section-citation="044018002044018002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>Aquila:</strong> This faithful Christian husband and his loyal wife, <strong>Priscilla</strong> (also called Prisca), are described as being “fellow workers” with Paul. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Ro 16:3</a>) They are referred to a total of six times in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/2/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a> (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Ac 18:18,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/4/1" data-bid="5-2" class="b"> 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/4/2" data-bid="5-3" class="b"> 1Co 16:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/4/3" data-bid="5-4" class="b"> 2Ti 4:19</a>), and on each occasion they are mentioned together. The name Priscilla is the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/3/0">diminutive</a> form of the name Prisca. The shorter form of the name is found in Paul’s writings, the longer form in Luke’s. Such a variation was common in Roman names. Banished from Rome by Emperor Claudius’ decree against the Jews sometime in the year 49 or early 50 C.E., Aquila and Priscilla took up residence in Corinth. When Paul arrived there in the autumn of 50 C.E., he worked with this couple at their common trade of tentmaking. Aquila and Priscilla doubtless aided Paul in building up the new congregation there. Aquila was <strong>a native of Pontus,</strong> a region of northern Asia Minor along the Black Sea.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/1">App. B13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072144#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072144/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/761" ><span class="caption"><p>Emperor Claudius</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/588" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-589"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 18:24, 26; 1Co 16:19; 2Ti 4:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-589" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-589" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1426" data-pid="1426" class="se"></p> <p id="p1427" data-pid="1427" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1415/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 137</a></p> <p id="p1428" data-pid="1428" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1416/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 138,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1417/0"> 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1418/0"> 476,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1419/0"> 775-776,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1420/0"> 1236</a></p> <div id="p1429" data-pid="1429"><p data-pid="1429" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1421/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1429" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1421/0">4/2011, p. 12</a></p> </div><div id="p1430" data-pid="1430"><p data-pid="1430" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1422/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1430" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1422/0">11/15/2003, pp. 19-20</a></p><p data-pid="1430" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1423/0">12/15/1996, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="1430" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1424/0">6/15/1990, pp. 18-19</a></p> </div><p id="p1431" data-pid="1431" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1425/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 206</a></p> <p id="p1432" data-pid="1432" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1426/0"><em>God’s Word,</em> p. 62</a></p> <p id="p1433" data-pid="1433" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p422" data-pid="422" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/0">bt 137;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/2"> it-1 138,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/4"> 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/6"> 476,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/8"> 775,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/10"> 1236;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/12"> g 4/11 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/14"> w03 11/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/16"> w96 12/15 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/18"> w90 6/15 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/20"> si 206;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/420/22"> gm 62;</a></p> <p id="p423" data-pid="423" class="sx"></p> <p id="p468" data-pid="468" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/0">ad 99,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/1"> 348,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/2"> 355,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/3"> 541,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/4"> 856;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/5"> w68 507;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/6"> w64 177;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/466/7"> w62 694</a></p> <p id="p469" data-pid="469" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-3" data-section-citation="044018003044018003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:3</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>tentmakers:</strong> Here the Greek term <em>ske·no·poi·osʹ</em> is used to describe the trade of Paul, Aquila, and Priscilla. Various opinions have been offered as to the exact type of craftsman indicated by this word (whether tentmaker, tapestry weaver, or ropemaker); however, a number of scholars hold that “tentmaker” is the probable meaning. Paul was from Tarsus in Cilicia, an area famous for its goat-hair cloth named <em>cilicium,</em> from which tents were made. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Ac 21:39</a>) Among the Jews of the first century C.E., it was considered honorable for a young man to learn a trade even if he was also to receive a higher education. It is possible, then, that Paul learned to make tents while he was still a youth. The work was not easy, for it is reported that the <em>cilicium</em> was usually stiff and rough and, consequently, difficult to cut and sew.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/589" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-590"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 20:34; 1Co 4:11, 12; 9:14, 15; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-590" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-590" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1433" data-pid="1433" class="se"></p> <p id="p1434" data-pid="1434" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1427/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> pp. 148-150</a></p> <p id="p1435" data-pid="1435" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1428/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1000</a></p> <p id="p1436" data-pid="1436" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1429/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1085</a></p> <div id="p1437" data-pid="1437"><p data-pid="1437" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1430/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1430/0">11/1/2012, p. 15</a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1431/0">3/1/2009, p. 27</a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1432/0">11/15/2003, pp. 19-20</a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1433/0">12/15/1996, pp. 22-23</a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1434/0">12/1/1992, pp. 28-29</a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1435/0">6/15/1990, pp. 18-19</a></p><p data-pid="1437" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1436/0">11/15/1986, p. 19</a></p> </div><div id="p1438" data-pid="1438"><p data-pid="1438" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1437/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1438" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1437/0">1/22/1991, p. 18</a></p> </div><p id="p1439" data-pid="1439" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p423" data-pid="423" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/0">bt 148-150;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/2"> it-1 1000;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/4"> it-2 1085;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/6"> w12 11/1 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/8"> w09 3/1 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/10"> w03 11/15 19-20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/12"> w96 12/15 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/14"> w92 12/1 28-29;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/16"> g91 1/22 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/18"> w90 6/15 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/421/20"> w86 11/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p424" data-pid="424" class="sx"></p> <p id="p469" data-pid="469" class="sx"><span class="ni">g66 9/8 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/467/1"> w64 336;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/467/2"> w63 647;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/467/3"> w51 250;</a><span class="ni"> w43 171</span></p> <p id="p470" data-pid="470" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-4" data-section-citation="044018004044018004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>give a talk:</strong> Or “reason with people.” The Greek verb <em>di·a·leʹgo·mai</em> has been defined “to discuss; to converse.” It can describe the delivering of an instructional discourse as well as an interaction with people that includes an exchange of opinions. This same Greek word is also used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Ac 17:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/1" data-bid="9-2" class="b"> 17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/2" data-bid="9-3" class="b"> 18:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/3" data-bid="9-4" class="b"> 19:8, 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/4" data-bid="9-5" class="b"> 20:7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/5" data-bid="9-6" class="b"> 9</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/590" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-591"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 4:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-591" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-591" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/591" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-592"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-592" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-592" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1439" data-pid="1439" class="se"></p> <p id="p1440" data-pid="1440" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1438/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 88</a></p> <p id="p1441" data-pid="1441" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1439/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 509,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1440/0"> 1005</a></p> <div id="p1442" data-pid="1442"><p data-pid="1442" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1441/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1442" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1441/0">3/15/1999, p. 15</a></p> </div><p id="p1443" data-pid="1443" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p424" data-pid="424" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/422/0">ijwbq article 88;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/422/2"> it-1 509,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/422/4"> 1005;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/422/6"> w99 3/15 15;</a></p> <p id="p425" data-pid="425" class="sx"></p> <p id="p470" data-pid="470" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/468/0">g76 7/22 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/468/2"> g72 11/22 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/468/4"> ad 691;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/468/5"> w66 13;</a><span class="ni"> yb66 20;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/468/7"> w61 373,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/468/8"> 414;</a><span class="ni"> w43 171</span></p> <p id="p471" data-pid="471" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-5" data-section-citation="044018005044018005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>intensely occupied with the word:</strong> Or “fully absorbed in preaching the word.” This expression indicates that Paul at this point began to devote all his time to preaching.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/592" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-593"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 15:27; 17:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-593" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-593" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/593" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-594"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 16:1, 2; 1Th 3:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-594" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-594" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/594" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-595"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:2, 3; 28:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-595" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-595" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1443" data-pid="1443" class="se"></p> <p id="p1444" data-pid="1444" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1442/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 151</a></p> <p id="p1445" data-pid="1445" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1443/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 210</a></p> <div id="p1446" data-pid="1446"><p data-pid="1446" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1444/0"><em>Kingdom Ministry,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1446" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1444/0">4/2001, p. 3</a></p> </div><div id="p1447" data-pid="1447"><p data-pid="1447" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1445/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1447" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1445/0">7/1/1991, p. 28</a></p> </div><p id="p1448" data-pid="1448" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p425" data-pid="425" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/423/0">bt 151;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/423/2"> it-1 210;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/423/4"> km 4/01 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/423/6"> w91 7/1 28;</a></p> <p id="p426" data-pid="426" class="sx"></p> <p id="p471" data-pid="471" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/469/0">ad 159;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/469/1"> w62 306</a></p> <p id="p472" data-pid="472" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-6" data-section-citation="044018006044018006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>he shook out his garments:</strong> This gesture by Paul indicated that he was free of responsibility for the Jews in Corinth who refused to accept the lifesaving message about the Christ. Paul had fulfilled his obligation and was no longer accountable for their lives. (See study note on <strong>Let your blood be on your own heads</strong> in this verse.) This type of gesture had a precedent in the Scriptures. When Nehemiah spoke to the Jews who had returned to Jerusalem, he shook out the folds of his garment to signify that a person who did not fulfill a certain promise would be cast off by God. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">Ne 5:13</a>) Paul performed a similar gesture in Pisidian Antioch when he “shook the dust off [his] feet” against those who opposed him in that city.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/4/0">study notes on Ac 13:51;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/5/0"> Lu 9:5</a>.</p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>Let your blood be on your own heads:</strong> Paul uses this expression to show that he is not accountable for the consequences that would come upon the Jews who refused to accept the message about Jesus, the Messiah. Similar statements found in the Hebrew Scriptures convey the idea that a person who pursues a course of action worthy of death is responsible for the loss of his own life. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Jos 2:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> 2Sa 1:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> 1Ki 2:37;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/12/3" data-bid="13-4" class="b"> Eze 33:2-4</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/6/0">study note on Mt 27:25</a>.) Paul adds the declaration: <strong>I am clean,</strong> that is, “I am innocent [“guiltless; clear of responsibility”].”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/7/0">study note on Ac 20:26</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/595" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-596"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 10:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-596" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-596" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/596" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-597"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 3:18; 33:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-597" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-597" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/597" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-598"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 20:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-598" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-598" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/598" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-599"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 13:46; 28:28; Ro 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-599" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-599" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1448" data-pid="1448" class="se"></p> <p id="p1449" data-pid="1449" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1446/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 151</a></p> <p id="p1450" data-pid="1450" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1447/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 219</a></p> <div id="p1451" data-pid="1451"><p data-pid="1451" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1448/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1451" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1448/0">10/1/1996, p. 22</a></p> </div><p id="p1452" data-pid="1452" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p426" data-pid="426" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/424/0">bt 151;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/424/3"> it-1 219;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/424/5"> w96 10/1 22;</a></p> <p id="p427" data-pid="427" class="sx"></p> <p id="p472" data-pid="472" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/470/0">ad 165,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/470/1"> 724;</a><span class="ni"> g61 6/8 24;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/470/3"> w59 653</a></p> <p id="p473" data-pid="473" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-7" data-section-citation="044018007044018007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:7</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>transferred from there:</strong> That is, from the synagogue to the house of Titius Justus, where Paul continued preaching. The home of Aquila and Priscilla remained Paul’s residence while he was in Corinth, but the house of Justus apparently became the center from which the apostle carried out his preaching activity.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Ac 18:3</a>.</p> <p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>Titius Justus:</strong> A Corinthian believer identified as <strong>a worshipper of God,</strong> an expression that indicates that he was a Jewish proselyte.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/8/0">study notes on Ac 13:43;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/9/0"> 16:14</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1452" data-pid="1452" class="se"></p> <p id="p1453" data-pid="1453" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1449/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 151</a></p> <p id="p1454" data-pid="1454" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1450/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 141</a></p> <div id="p1455" data-pid="1455"><p data-pid="1455" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1451/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1455" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1451/0">1/22/1991, p. 18</a></p> </div><div id="p1456" data-pid="1456"><p data-pid="1456" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1452/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1456" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1452/0">6/15/1990, pp. 18-19</a></p> </div><p id="p1457" data-pid="1457" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p427" data-pid="427" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/425/0">bt 151;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/425/3"> it-2 141;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/425/5"> g91 1/22 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/425/7"> w90 6/15 18-19</a></p> <p id="p428" data-pid="428" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-8" data-section-citation="044018008044018008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:8</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/599" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-600"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 1:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-600" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-600" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1457" data-pid="1457" class="se"></p> <p id="p1458" data-pid="1458" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1453/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 151</a></p> <p id="p1459" data-pid="1459" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1454/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 251</a></p> <p id="p1460" data-pid="1460" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p428" data-pid="428" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/426/0">bt 151;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/426/2"> it-1 251</a></p> <p id="p429" data-pid="429" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-9" data-section-citation="044018009044018009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:9</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1460" data-pid="1460" class="se"></p> <p id="p1461" data-pid="1461" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1455/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> pp. 152-153</a></p> <div id="p1462" data-pid="1462"><p data-pid="1462" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1456/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1462" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1456/0">11/1/1997, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p1463" data-pid="1463" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p429" data-pid="429" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/427/0">bt 152-153;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/427/3"> w97 11/1 11</a></p> <p id="p430" data-pid="430" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-10" data-section-citation="044018010044018010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:10</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/600" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-601"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 1:8, 19; Mt 28:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-601" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-601" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1463" data-pid="1463" class="se"></p> <p id="p1464" data-pid="1464" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1457/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> pp. 152-153</a></p> <div id="p1465" data-pid="1465"><p data-pid="1465" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1458/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1465" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1458/0">11/1/1997, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p1466" data-pid="1466" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p430" data-pid="430" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/428/0">bt 152-153;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/428/3"> w97 11/1 11</a></p> <p id="p431" data-pid="431" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-11" data-section-citation="044018011044018011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:11</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1466" data-pid="1466" class="se"></p> <p id="p1467" data-pid="1467" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1459/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> pp. 217-218</a></p> <p id="p1468" data-pid="1468" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p431" data-pid="431" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/429/0">si 218</a></p> <p id="p432" data-pid="432" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-12" data-section-citation="044018012044018012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>proconsul:</strong> A provincial governor for the Roman Senate. Here Gallio is mentioned as being proconsul of the province of Achaia. Luke is accurate in using the term “proconsul” in this case, for Achaia was a senatorial province from 27 B.C.E. to 15 C.E. and again after 44 C.E. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/10/0">study note on Ac 13:7</a>.) An inscription from Delphi that refers to proconsul Gallio not only supports the accuracy of Luke’s account but also helps in dating Gallio’s term of office.</p> <p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>Achaia:</strong> In the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/11/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a>, Achaia refers to the Roman province of southern Greece with its capital at Corinth. In 27 B.C.E., when Caesar Augustus reorganized the two provinces of Greece, Macedonia and Achaia, the name Achaia applied to all of Peloponnese and to part of continental Greece. The province of Achaia was under the administration of the Roman Senate and was ruled through a proconsul from its capital, Corinth. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">2Co 1:1</a>) Other cities of the province of Achaia mentioned in the Christian Greek Scriptures were Athens and Cenchreae. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">Ac 18:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/17/1" data-bid="18-2" class="b"> 18;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/17/2" data-bid="18-3" class="b"> Ro 16:1</a>) Achaia and Macedonia, its neighboring province to the N, were often mentioned together.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Ac 19:21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> Ro 15:26;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/18/2" data-bid="19-3" class="b"> 1Th 1:7, 8</a>; see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/2">App. B13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072141#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072141/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/755" ><span class="caption"><p>Judgment Seat in Corinth</p> </span></a></div></li><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072148#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072148/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/769" ><span class="caption"><p>Gallio Inscription</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1468" data-pid="1468" class="se"></p> <p id="p1469" data-pid="1469" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1460/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> pp. 152-153</a></p> <p id="p1470" data-pid="1470" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1461/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 40,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1462/0"> 43-44,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1463/0"> 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1464/0"> 508-509,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1465/0"> 886</a></p> <p id="p1471" data-pid="1471" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1466/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 138,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1467/0"> 690</a></p> <p id="p1472" data-pid="1472" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1468/0"><em>New World Translation,</em> p. 1692</a></p> <div id="p1473" data-pid="1473"><p data-pid="1473" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1469/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1473" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1469/0">5/1/2012, p. 23</a></p><p data-pid="1473" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1470/0">6/15/1990, p. 19</a></p> </div><div id="p1474" data-pid="1474"><p data-pid="1474" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1471/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1474" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1471/0">1/22/1991, pp. 17-18</a></p> </div><p id="p1475" data-pid="1475" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1472/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> pp. 292-293</a></p> <p id="p1476" data-pid="1476" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p432" data-pid="432" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/0">bt 152-153;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/3"> it-1 40,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/5"> 43-44,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/7"> 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/9"> 508-509,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/11"> 886;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/13"> it-2 138,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/15"> 690;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/17"> nwt 1692;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/19"> w12 5/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/21"> g91 1/22 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/24"> w90 6/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/430/26"> si 292;</a></p> <p id="p433" data-pid="433" class="sx"></p> <p id="p473" data-pid="473" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/0">g76 7/22 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/2"> w74 80;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/4"> ad 30,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/5"> 32,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/6"> 348,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/7"> 379,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/8"> 620;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/9"> w68 507;</a><span class="ni"> g67 10/8 21;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/11"> w65 286;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/12"> w64 136;</a><span class="ni"> mg63 82;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/471/14"> w59 407</a></p> <p id="p474" data-pid="474" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-13" data-section-citation="044018013044018013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:13</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/601" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-602"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 24:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-602" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-602" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1476" data-pid="1476" class="se"></p> <p id="p1477" data-pid="1477" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1473/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 153</a></p> <p id="p1478" data-pid="1478" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p433" data-pid="433" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/431/0">bt 153;</a></p> <p id="p434" data-pid="434" class="sx"></p> <p id="p474" data-pid="474" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/472/0">w62 572</a></p> <p id="p475" data-pid="475" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-14" data-section-citation="044018014044018014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:14</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1478" data-pid="1478" class="se"></p> <p id="p1479" data-pid="1479" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1474/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 153</a></p> <p id="p1480" data-pid="1480" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p434" data-pid="434" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/432/0">bt 153;</a></p> <p id="p435" data-pid="435" class="sx"></p> <p id="p475" data-pid="475" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/473/0">w64 136</a></p> <p id="p476" data-pid="476" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-15" data-section-citation="044018015044018015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/602" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-603"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 23:29; 25:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-603" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-603" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p476" data-pid="476" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/474/0">w64 136</a></p> <p id="p477" data-pid="477" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-16" data-section-citation="044018016044018016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:16</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1480" data-pid="1480" class="se"></p> <p id="p1481" data-pid="1481" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1475/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 155</a></p> <p id="p1482" data-pid="1482" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p435" data-pid="435" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/433/0">bt 155;</a></p> <p id="p436" data-pid="436" class="sx"></p> <p id="p477" data-pid="477" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/475/0">w64 136</a></p> <p id="p478" data-pid="478" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-17" data-section-citation="044018017044018017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:17</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/603" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-604"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 1:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-604" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-604" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1482" data-pid="1482" class="se"></p> <p id="p1483" data-pid="1483" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1476/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 153</a></p> <p id="p1484" data-pid="1484" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1477/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 1003-1004</a></p> <div id="p1485" data-pid="1485"><p data-pid="1485" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1478/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1485" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1478/0">5/15/2008, p. 32</a></p><p data-pid="1485" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1479/0">6/15/1990, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p1486" data-pid="1486" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p436" data-pid="436" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/434/0">bt 153;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/434/2"> it-2 1003-1004;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/434/4"> w08 5/15 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/434/6"> w90 6/15 19</a></p> <p id="p437" data-pid="437" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-18" data-section-citation="044018018044018018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:18</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>Cenchreae:</strong> One of Corinth’s seaports, Cenchreae lay on the Saronic Gulf side of a narrow isthmus about 11 km (7 mi) E of Corinth. Cenchreae was Corinth’s port for points E of Greece, while Lechaeum, on the opposite side of the isthmus, served as Corinth’s port for Italy and other points W of Greece. Ruins in the area today include buildings and breakwaters near the present village of Kehries (Kechriais). According to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Ro 16:1</a>, there was a Christian congregation in Cenchreae.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/3">App. B13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072224#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072224/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/845" ><span class="caption"><p>Harbor of Ancient Cenchreae</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/604" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-605"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 16:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-605" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-605" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1486" data-pid="1486" class="se"></p> <p id="p1487" data-pid="1487" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1480/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> pp. 152,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1481/0"> 154</a></p> <p id="p1488" data-pid="1488" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1482/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 424-425</a></p> <p id="p1489" data-pid="1489" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1483/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1163</a></p> <div id="p1490" data-pid="1490"><p data-pid="1490" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1484/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1490" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1484/0">5/15/2008, p. 32</a></p><p data-pid="1490" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1485/0">6/15/1990, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p1491" data-pid="1491" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p437" data-pid="437" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/435/0">bt 152,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/435/2"> 154;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/435/4"> it-1 424-425;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/435/6"> it-2 1163;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/435/8"> w08 5/15 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/435/10"> w90 6/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p438" data-pid="438" class="sx"></p> <p id="p478" data-pid="478" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/476/0">ad 1641;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/476/1"> w69 608;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/476/2"> w65 285</a></p> <p id="p479" data-pid="479" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-19" data-section-citation="044018019044018019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:19</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/605" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-606"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-606" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-606" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1491" data-pid="1491" class="se"></p> <p id="p1492" data-pid="1492" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1486/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 221</a></p> <p id="p1493" data-pid="1493" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p438" data-pid="438" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/436/0">si 221;</a></p> <p id="p439" data-pid="439" class="sx"></p> <p id="p479" data-pid="479" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/477/0">w66 13;</a><span class="ni"> yb66 20;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/477/2"> w61 414</a></p> <p id="p480" data-pid="480" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-21" data-section-citation="044018021044018021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:21</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>if Jehovah is willing:</strong> An expression that emphasizes the need to take God’s will into account when doing or planning to do anything. The apostle Paul kept this principle closely in mind. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">1Co 4:19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/22/1" data-bid="23-2" class="b"> 16:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/22/2" data-bid="23-3" class="b"> Heb 6:3</a>) The disciple James also encouraged his readers to say: “If Jehovah wills, we will live and do this or that.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Jas 4:15</a>) Such expressions should not be empty phrases; anyone who sincerely says “if Jehovah is willing” must try to act in harmony with Jehovah’s will. The expression does not always need to be made audibly but is often made only in the heart.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/12/0">study notes on Ac 21:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/13/0"> 1Co 4:19</a>; Jas 4:15 and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/4">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/5">Ac 18:21</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1493" data-pid="1493" class="se"></p> <p id="p1494" data-pid="1494" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1487/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 160</a></p> <p id="p1495" data-pid="1495" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p439" data-pid="439" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/437/0">bt 160</a></p> <p id="p440" data-pid="440" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-22" data-section-citation="044018022044018022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="s5"><strong>he went up:</strong> Although Jerusalem is not specifically mentioned in the Greek text, Paul was apparently heading to that city. Jerusalem is about 750 m (2,500 ft) above sea level, and the Scriptures often speak of worshippers as “going up to Jerusalem.” In fact, the Greek verb <em>a·na·baiʹno</em> (“to go up”) is many times used when Jerusalem is specifically mentioned as the destination. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Mt 20:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/1" data-bid="26-2" class="b"> Mr 10:32;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/2" data-bid="26-3" class="b"> Lu 18:31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/3" data-bid="26-4" class="b"> 19:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/4" data-bid="26-5" class="b"> Joh 2:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/5" data-bid="26-6" class="b"> 5:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/6" data-bid="26-7" class="b"> 11:55;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/7" data-bid="26-8" class="b"> Ac 11:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/8" data-bid="26-9" class="b"> 21:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/9" data-bid="26-10" class="b"> 24:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/10" data-bid="26-11" class="b"> 25:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/11" data-bid="26-12" class="b"> 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/12" data-bid="26-13" class="b"> Ga 2:1</a>) In addition, a verb meaning “to go down” (<em>ka·ta·baiʹno</em>) also appears in this verse, and this verb is sometimes used when referring to going away from Jerusalem.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Mr 3:22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/26/1" data-bid="27-2" class="b"> Lu 10:30, 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/26/2" data-bid="27-3" class="b"> Ac 24:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/26/3" data-bid="27-4" class="b"> 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/26/4" data-bid="27-5" class="b"> 25:7</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item hasVideo"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072134#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072134/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/739" ><span class="caption"><p>Caesarea</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/606" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-607"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 8:40</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-607" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-607" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/607" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-608"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 15:36</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-608" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-608" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1495" data-pid="1495" class="se"></p> <p id="p1496" data-pid="1496" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1488/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 154</a></p> <p id="p1497" data-pid="1497" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1489/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 588</a></p> <p id="p1498" data-pid="1498" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p440" data-pid="440" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/438/0">bt 154;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/438/2"> it-2 588;</a></p> <p id="p441" data-pid="441" class="sx"></p> <p id="p480" data-pid="480" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/478/0">g72 1/8 27-28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/478/2"> ad 1277</a></p> <p id="p481" data-pid="481" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-23" data-section-citation="044018023044018023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:23</span></h3><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072164#chapter=18"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/1001072164/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/797" ><span class="caption"><p>Acts of Apostles—Paul’s Third Missionary Tour (Ac 18:23–21:17) c. 52-56 C.E.</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/608" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-609"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 16:6; Ga 1:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-609" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-609" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/609" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-610"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 14:21, 22; 15:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-610" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-610" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1498" data-pid="1498" class="se"></p> <p id="p1499" data-pid="1499" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1490/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 160</a></p> <p id="p1500" data-pid="1500" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1491/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 218</a></p> <p id="p1501" data-pid="1501" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p441" data-pid="441" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/439/0">bt 160;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/439/2"> si 218</a></p> <p id="p442" data-pid="442" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-24" data-section-citation="044018024044018024"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:24</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>Apollos:</strong> A Jewish Christian who had apparently been raised in the city of <strong>Alexandria,</strong> the capital of the Roman province of Egypt. Alexandria was a center of higher learning, renowned for its great library. It was the largest city in the Roman Empire after Rome and had a large Jewish population. It was one of the most important centers of culture and learning for both Jews and Greeks. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures known as the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/14/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a> was produced there. This background may help explain why Apollos is described as being <strong>well-versed</strong> [lit., “powerful”] <strong>in the Scriptures,</strong> that is, the inspired Hebrew Scriptures.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/610" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-611"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-611" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-611" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1501" data-pid="1501" class="se"></p> <p id="p1502" data-pid="1502" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1492/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 125-126</a></p> <div id="p1503" data-pid="1503"><p data-pid="1503" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1493/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1503" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1493/0">10/1/1996, pp. 20-21</a></p> </div><p id="p1504" data-pid="1504" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p442" data-pid="442" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/440/0">it-1 125;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/440/2"> w96 10/1 20-21;</a></p> <p id="p443" data-pid="443" class="sx"></p> <p id="p481" data-pid="481" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/479/0">km 2/80 1;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/479/2"> w61 123</a></p> <p id="p482" data-pid="482" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-25" data-section-citation="044018025044018025"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:25</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="s5"><strong>instructed:</strong> The Greek verb <em>ka·te·kheʹo</em> literally means “to sound down,” and it may include the idea of oral instruction. When the truths of God’s Word are repeatedly sounded down into the mind and heart of a learner, he becomes qualified to teach others.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/29/0" data-bid="30-1" class="b">Ga 6:6</a>, where the same Greek word is used twice.</p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>the way of Jehovah:</strong> In the following verse, the synonymous expression “the way of God” is used. The Christian way of life is centered on worship of the only true God, Jehovah, and on faith in his Son, Jesus Christ. The book of Acts refers to this course of life simply as “The Way” or “this Way.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/30/0" data-bid="31-1" class="b">Ac 19:9,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/30/1" data-bid="31-2" class="b"> 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/30/2" data-bid="31-3" class="b"> 22:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/30/3" data-bid="31-4" class="b"> 24:22</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/15/0">study note on Ac 9:2</a>.) Also, the expression “the way of Jehovah” appears four times in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/16/0">Gospel</a> accounts, where it is part of a quote from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Isa 40:3</a>. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/17/0">study notes on Mt 3:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/18/0"> Mr 1:3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/19/0"> Lu 3:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/20/0"> Joh 1:23</a>.) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Isa 40:3</a>, the original Hebrew text uses the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/21/0">Tetragrammaton</a>. The expression “the way of Jehovah” (or, “Jehovah’s way”) also occurs at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Jg 2:22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/33/1" data-bid="34-2" class="b"> Jer 5:4, 5</a>.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/22/0">study note on Ac 19:23</a> and <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/6">App. C3 introduction;</a> <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/7">Ac 18:25</a>.</p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="s5"><strong>aglow with the spirit:</strong> Lit., “boiling to the spirit.” The Greek word rendered “aglow” literally means “to boil,” but here it is used <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/23/0">metaphorically</a> to convey the idea of overflowing with or radiating zeal and enthusiasm. In this expression, the Greek word for “spirit” (<em>pneuʹma</em>) apparently refers to God’s holy spirit, which can act as a driving force, moving and energizing a person to do things in accord with Jehovah’s will. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/24/0">study note on Mr 1:12</a>.) However, the term “spirit” may also refer to the impelling force that issues from a person’s figurative heart and causes him to say and do things in a certain way. So this verse may express a combined idea of a person showing zeal and enthusiasm for what is right as he is guided by God’s spirit. However, some feel that in this context, this expression is simply an <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/25/0">idiom</a> for great eagerness and enthusiasm. If so, this may explain how Apollos could be “aglow with the spirit” even though he was unacquainted with baptism in the name of Jesus. In either case, Apollos’ spirit needed to be guided by God’s spirit in order for him to show enthusiasm for the right things and to be willing to accept teachings that were more accurate.—See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/26/0">Spirit</a>.”</p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>the baptism of John:</strong> This baptism was a public demonstration of the individual’s repentance over his sins against the Law that Jehovah gave to Moses, a Law that the Jews had agreed to follow. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Ex 24:7, 8</a>) Undergoing the baptism of John, however, was not valid after Pentecost 33 C.E. when the Law covenant ended. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Ro 10:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/35/1" data-bid="36-2" class="b"> Ga 3:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/35/2" data-bid="36-3" class="b"> Eph 2:13-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/35/3" data-bid="36-4" class="b"> Col 2:13, 14</a>) From that time on, the only baptism approved by Jehovah was the one that Jesus instructed his disciples to carry out. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Mt 28:19, 20</a>) The events involving Apollos, described here, happened about the year 52 C.E.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/611" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-612"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 1:4; Ac 19:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-612" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-612" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1504" data-pid="1504" class="se"></p> <p id="p1505" data-pid="1505" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1494/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 125-126</a></p> <div id="p1506" data-pid="1506"><p data-pid="1506" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1495/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1506" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1495/0">6/15/2010, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="1506" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1496/0">10/1/1996, pp. 20-21</a></p> </div><p id="p1507" data-pid="1507" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1497/0"><em>Proclaimers,</em> p. 149</a></p> <p id="p1508" data-pid="1508" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p443" data-pid="443" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/441/0">it-1 125;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/441/2"> w10 6/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/441/4"> w96 10/1 20-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/441/6"> jv 149;</a></p> <p id="p444" data-pid="444" class="sx"></p> <p id="p482" data-pid="482" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/480/0">w73 274-275;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/480/2"> w69 139;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/480/3"> w64 615;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/480/4"> w61 123;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/480/5"> w54 607</a></p> <p id="p483" data-pid="483" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-26" data-section-citation="044018026044018026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:26</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/612" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-613"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 16:3; 1Co 16:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-613" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-613" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1508" data-pid="1508" class="se"></p> <p id="p1509" data-pid="1509" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1498/0"><em>Bearing Witness,</em> p. 159</a></p> <div id="p1510" data-pid="1510"><p data-pid="1510" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1499/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1510" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1499/0">6/15/2010, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="1510" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1500/0">11/15/2003, pp. 18-19</a></p><p data-pid="1510" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1501/0">10/1/1996, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="1510" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1502/0">6/15/1990, p. 19</a></p> </div><p id="p1511" data-pid="1511" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p444" data-pid="444" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/442/0">bt 159;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/442/2"> w10 6/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/442/4"> w03 11/15 18-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/442/6"> w96 10/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/442/8"> w90 6/15 19;</a></p> <p id="p445" data-pid="445" class="sx"></p> <p id="p483" data-pid="483" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/481/0">w81 3/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/481/2"> km 2/80 1;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/481/4"> w78 6/1 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/481/6"> g78 5/22 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/481/8"> w64 615;</a><span class="ni"> g64 11/22 7</span></p> <p id="p484" data-pid="484" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-27" data-section-citation="044018027044018027"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:27</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="s5"><strong>God’s:</strong> Lit., “the.” Although the Greek text does not have the word for “God’s” here, many scholars agree that it is understood. In the book of Acts, the expression “undeserved kindness” is most often connected with “God.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">Ac 11:23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/38/1" data-bid="39-2" class="b"> 13:43;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/38/2" data-bid="39-3" class="b"> 14:26;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/38/3" data-bid="39-4" class="b"> 20:24,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070707/38/4" data-bid="39-5" class="b"> 32</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1511" data-pid="1511" class="se"></p> <div id="p1512" data-pid="1512"><p data-pid="1512" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1503/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1512" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1503/0">10/1/1996, p. 21</a></p> </div><p id="p1513" data-pid="1513" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p445" data-pid="445" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/443/0">w96 10/1 21</a></p> <p id="p446" data-pid="446" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="44-18-28" data-section-citation="044018028044018028"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:28</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/613" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-614"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 18:15; Ps 16:10; Isa 7:14; Mic 5:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-614" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-614" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p1513" data-pid="1513" class="se"></p> <div id="p1514" data-pid="1514"><p data-pid="1514" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1504/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="1514" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204434/1504/0">10/1/1996, pp. 21-22</a></p> </div><p id="p1515" data-pid="1515" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p446" data-pid="446" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270044/444/0">w96 10/1 21-22;</a></p> <p id="p447" data-pid="447" class="sx"></p> <p id="p484" data-pid="484" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/482/0">w64 100;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020044/482/1"> w61 122</a></p> <p id="p485" data-pid="485" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading 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class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-591-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-591-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/591/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-592-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-592-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-592-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/592/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-593-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 15:27; 17:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-593-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-593-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/593/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-594-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:5</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 16:1, 2; 1Th 3:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-594-1" class="loading hidden"><span 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class="scalableui">Acts 18:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 10:14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-596-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-596-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/596/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-597-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Eze 3:18; 33:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-597-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-597-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item 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class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:10</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Jer 1:8, 19; Mt 28:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-601-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-601-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/601/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-602-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 24:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-602-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div 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18:17</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Co 1:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-604-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-604-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/604/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-605-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:18</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 16:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-605-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-605-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/605/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-606-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:19</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 17:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-606-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-606-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/606/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-607-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 8:40</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-607-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-607-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/607/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-608-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 15:36</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-608-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-608-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/608/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-609-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 16:6; Ga 1:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-609-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-609-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/609/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-610-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 14:21, 22; 15:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-610-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-610-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/610/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-611-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:24</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-611-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-611-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/611/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-612-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:25</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mr 1:4; Ac 19:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-612-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-612-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/44/18/612/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-613-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Acts 18:26</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ro 16:3; 1Co 16:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-613-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-613-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>Acts of Apostles</h1> </header> <p id="p127" data-pid="127" class="sb"><span id="v44-18-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27650" class="cl vx vp study"><strong>18</strong> </a>After this he departed from Athens and came to Corinth. </span><span id="v44-18-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27651" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>And he found a Jew named Aqʹui·la,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/588" data-bid="589-1" class="b">+</a> a native of Ponʹtus who had recently come from Italy with Pris·cilʹla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. So he went to them, </span><span id="v44-18-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27652" class="vl vx vp study">3 </a>and because he had the same trade, he stayed at their home and worked with them,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/589" data-bid="590-1" class="b">+</a> for they were tentmakers by trade. </span><span id="v44-18-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27653" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>He would give a talk in the synagogue<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/590" data-bid="591-1" class="b">+</a> every sabbath<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/591" data-bid="592-1" class="b">+</a> and would persuade Jews and Greeks.</span></p> <p id="p128" data-pid="128" class="sb"><span id="v44-18-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27654" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>When, now, both Silas<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/592" data-bid="593-1" class="b">+</a> and Timothy<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/593" data-bid="594-1" class="b">+</a> came down from Mac·e·doʹni·a, Paul began to be intensely occupied with the word, witnessing to the Jews to prove that Jesus is the Christ.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/594" data-bid="595-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-18-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27655" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>But after they kept on opposing him and speaking abusively, he shook out his garments<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/595" data-bid="596-1" class="b">+</a> and said to them: “Let your blood be on your own heads.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/596" data-bid="597-1" class="b">+</a> I am clean.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/597" data-bid="598-1" class="b">+</a> From now on I will go to people of the nations.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/598" data-bid="599-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-18-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27656" class="vl vx vp study">7 </a>So he transferred from there and went into the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshipper of God, whose house adjoined the synagogue. </span><span id="v44-18-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27657" class="vl vx vp">8 </a>But Crisʹpus,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/599" data-bid="600-1" class="b">+</a> the presiding officer of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, along with all his household. And many of the Corinthians who heard began to believe and be baptized. </span><span id="v44-18-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27658" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>Moreover, the Lord said to Paul in a vision by night: “Do not be afraid, but keep on speaking and do not keep silent, </span><span id="v44-18-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27659" class="vl vx vp">10 </a>for I am with you<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/600" data-bid="601-1" class="b">+</a> and no man will assault you to harm you; for I have many people in this city.” </span><span id="v44-18-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27660" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>So he stayed there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.</span></p> <p id="p129" data-pid="129" class="sb"><span id="v44-18-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27661" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>While Galʹli·o was proconsul of A·chaʹia, the Jews made a concerted attack against Paul and led him to the judgment seat, </span><span id="v44-18-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27662" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>saying: “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/601" data-bid="602-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-18-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27663" class="vl vx vp">14 </a>But as Paul was about to speak, Galʹli·o said to the Jews: “If, indeed, it were some wrong or a serious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear you out patiently. </span><span id="v44-18-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27664" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>But if it is controversies over speech and names and your own law,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/602" data-bid="603-1" class="b">+</a> you yourselves must see to it. I do not wish to be a judge of these things.” </span><span id="v44-18-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27665" class="vl vx vp">16 </a>With that he drove them away from the judgment seat. </span><span id="v44-18-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27666" class="vl vx vp">17 </a>So they all seized Sosʹthe·nes,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/603" data-bid="604-1" class="b">+</a> the presiding officer of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Galʹli·o would not get involved at all with these things.</span></p> <p id="p130" data-pid="130" class="sb"><span id="v44-18-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27667" class="vl vx vp study">18 </a>However, after staying quite a few days longer, Paul said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away for Syria, accompanied by Pris·cilʹla and Aqʹui·la. He had his hair clipped short in Cenʹchre·ae,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/604" data-bid="605-1" class="b">+</a> for he had made a vow. </span><span id="v44-18-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27668" class="vl vx vp">19 </a>So they arrived at Ephʹe·sus, and he left them there; but he entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/605" data-bid="606-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-18-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27669" class="vl vp">20 </a>Although they kept requesting him to stay longer, he would not consent </span><span id="v44-18-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27670" class="vl vx vp study">21 </a>but said good-bye and told them: “I will return to you again, if Jehovah is willing.” And he put out to sea from Ephʹe·sus </span><span id="v44-18-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27671" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>and came down to Caes·a·reʹa.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/606" data-bid="607-1" class="b">+</a> And he went up and greeted the congregation and then went down to Antioch.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/607" data-bid="608-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p131" data-pid="131" class="sb"><span id="v44-18-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27672" class="vl vx vp">23 </a>After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place through the country of Ga·laʹti·a and Phrygʹi·a,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/608" data-bid="609-1" class="b">+</a> strengthening all the disciples.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/609" data-bid="610-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p132" data-pid="132" class="sb"><span id="v44-18-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27673" class="vl vx vp study">24 </a>Now a Jew named A·polʹlos,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/610" data-bid="611-1" class="b">+</a> a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephʹe·sus; he was an eloquent man who was well-versed in the Scriptures. </span><span id="v44-18-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27674" class="vl vx vp study">25 </a>This man had been instructed in the way of Jehovah, and aglow with the spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about Jesus, but he was acquainted only with the baptism of John.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/611" data-bid="612-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v44-18-26-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27675" class="vl vx vp">26 </a>He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and when Pris·cilʹla and Aqʹui·la<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070148/612" data-bid="613-1" class="b">+</a> heard him, they took him into their company and explained the way of God more accurately to him. </span><span id="v44-18-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070148/27676" class="vl vx vp study">27 </a>Further, because he wanted to go across to A·chaʹia, the brothers wrote to the disciples, urging them to receive him kindly. 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