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<span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews <i>that</i> Jesus <i>was</i> Christ. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook <i>his</i> raiment, and said unto them, Your blood <i>be</i> upon your own heads; I <i>am</i> clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And he departed thence, and entered into a certain <i>man's</i> house, named Justus, <i>one</i> that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he continued <i>there</i> a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.</p> <p class="hdg">Paul Before Gallio</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Saying, This <i>fellow</i> persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when Paul was now about to open <i>his</i> mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O <i>ye</i> Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if it be a question of words and names, and <i>of</i> your law, look ye <i>to it</i>; for I will be no judge of such <i>matters</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he drave them from the judgment seat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat <i>him</i> before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.</p> <p class="hdg">Paul Returns to Antioch</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Paul <i>after this</i> tarried <i>there</i> yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn <i>his</i> head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>When they desired <i>him</i> to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.</p> <a name="23" id="23"></a><p class="hdg">Paul's Third Missionary Journey<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../acts/13.htm">Acts 13:1-3</a>; <a href="../acts/15.htm#36">Acts 15:36-41</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And after he had spent some time <i>there</i>, he departed, and went over <i>all</i> the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.</p> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, <i>and</i> mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto <i>them</i>, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For he mightily convinced the Jews, <i>and that</i> publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/acts/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>