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Acts 18
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1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:1
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2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:2
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3 and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:3
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4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:4
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5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:5
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6 But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”IP1 Samuel 1:16 Ezekiel 33:1-9CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:6
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7 So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:7
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8 Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:8
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9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.IPExodus 3:12CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:9TTMoses (The Prophet Like Unto Me)
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10 For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”IPExodus 3:12CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:10TTMoses (The Prophet Like Unto Me)
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11 So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.CActs 18:01-11TOSKActs 18:11
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12 While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.CActs 18:12-17TOSKActs 18:12
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13 “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.CActs 18:12-17TOSKActs 18:13
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14 But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.CActs 18:12-17TOSKActs 18:14
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15 But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”CActs 18:12-17TOSKActs 18:15
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16 And he drove them away from the judgment seat.CActs 18:12-17TOSKActs 18:16
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17 At this, the crowd seized Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of concern to Gallio.CActs 18:12-17TOSKActs 18:17
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18 Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.TOSKActs 18:18
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19 When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.TOSKActs 18:19
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20 When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.TOSKActs 18:20
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21 But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.TOSKActs 18:21
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22 When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.TOSKActs 18:22
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23 After Paul had spent some time in Antioch, he traveled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.TOSKActs 18:23
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24 Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.CActs 18:24-28TOSKActs 18:24
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25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.IPExodus 32:8CActs 18:24-28TOSKActs 18:25
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26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.IPExodus 32:8CActs 18:24-28TOSKActs 18:26
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27 When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.CActs 18:24-28TOSKActs 18:27
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28 For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.CActs 18:24-28TOSKActs 18:28