In Corinth

18 After this, Paul left Athensc and went to Corinth.d 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla,e because Claudiusf had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.g 4 Every Sabbathh he reasoned in the synagogue,i trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 When Silasj and Timothyk came from Macedonia,l Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.m 6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive,n he shook out his clothes in protesto and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads!p I am innocent of it.q From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”r

7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.s 8 Crispus,t the synagogue leader,u and his entire householdv believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.