Acts 18:1–18

Paul, Silas, and Timothy in Corinth

18After these things he departed from Athens and^* went to Corinth. ²And he found a certain Jew named^a Aquila, a native^b of Pontus who had arrived recently from Italy along with^c Priscilla his wife, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome, and^* he went to them. ³And because he was practicing the same trade, he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. ⁴And he argued in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade^* both Jews and Greeks.

⁵Now when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began to be occupied with^* the message, solemnly testifying to the Jews that the Christ^d was Jesus. ⁶And when^* they resisted and reviled him,^* he shook out his^* clothes and^* said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!” ⁷And leaving there, he entered into the house of someone named^e Titius Justus, a worshiper^f of God whose house was next door to the synagogue. ⁸And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, when they^* heard about it,^* believed and were baptized. ⁹And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent, ¹⁰because I am with you and no one will attack you to harm you, because many people are mine in this city.” ¹¹So he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

Paul Accused Before the Proconsul Gallio

¹²Now when^* Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one purpose against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, ¹³saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law!” ¹⁴But when^* Paul was about to open his^* mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it was some crime or wicked villainy, O Jews, I would have been justified in accepting^g your complaint. ¹⁵But if it is questions concerning a word and names and your own law,^h see to it^* yourselves! I do not wish to be a judge of these things.” ¹⁶And he drove them away from the judgment seat. ¹⁷So they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and^* began beating^* him^* in front of the judgment seat. And none of these things was a concern to Gallio.

Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria

¹⁸So Paul, after^* remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers and^* sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his^* head at Cenchrea, because he had taken a vow.