Acts 18

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

In Corinth Paul Teaches The Gentiles For 18 Months

18 After these things, having departed from Athens, he went to Corinth. ² And having found a certain Jew— Aquila by name, a Pontian by nationality, having recently come from Italy because Claudius^[a] had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome— and Priscilla his wife, he went to them. ³ And because of being the same-trade, he was staying with them and working— for they were tent-makers by trade. ⁴ And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuading Jews and Greeks. ⁵ But when both Silas and Timothy came^[b] down from Macedonia, Paul was occupying-himself with the word^[c], solemnly-testifying to the Jews that the Christ is Jesus. ⁶ But while they were opposing and blaspheming, he said to them, having shaken-out his garments, “Your blood be upon your head; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles”. ⁷ And having passed on from there, he entered into the house of a certain one worshiping God—Titius Justus by name— whose house was bordering^[d] on the synagogue. ⁸ And Crispus, the synagogue-official, believed in the Lord with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians hearing were believing and being baptized. ⁹ And the Lord said to Paul during the night through a vision, “Do not be afraid, but be speaking and do not be silent— ¹⁰ because I am with you, and no one will set-upon you to harm you; because there is a large people for Me in this city”. ¹¹ And he sat for a year and six months^[e], teaching the word of God among them.

Paul Is Brought Before The Proconsul By The Jews. Gallio Refuses To Intervene

¹² Now while Gallio^[f] was being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with-one-accord rose-up-against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, ¹³ saying that “This one is persuading^[g] people to worship God contrary to the Law”. ¹⁴ And Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were some crime or evil villainy, O Jews, I would have borne-with you in accordance with reason— ¹⁵ but since it is issues about talk^[h] and names^[i] and your Law, see to it yourselves. I am not willing to be a judge of these things”. ¹⁶ And he drove them away from the judgment-seat. ¹⁷ And having all taken-hold-of Sosthenes, the synagogue-official, they were striking him in front of the judgment seat. And none of these^[j] things was-a-concern to Gallio.

In Ephesus, Paul Prepares Them For a Future Visit And Then Returns Home To Antioch

¹⁸ And Paul, having stayed-on considerable days longer, having said-good-bye to the brothers, was sailing-off to Syria— and Priscilla and Aquila with him— having sheared his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow^[k]. ¹⁹ And they came to Ephesus. And those^[l] ones he left-behind there^[m]. And he himself, having entered into the synagogue, reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ And while they were asking him to stay for more time, he did not consent. ²¹ But having said-goodbye, and having said, “I will return again to you, God willing”, he put-to-sea from Ephesus. ²² And having come down to Caesarea, having gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch^[n].

Paul Embarks On a Third Journey. Priscilla And Aquila Update Apollos

²³ And having done some time there, he went forth^[o], going successively through the Galatian region^[p] and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. ²⁴ Now a certain Jew— Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by nationality, an eloquent man— came to Ephesus, being powerful in the Scriptures. ²⁵ This one had been instructed as to the way of the Lord. And boiling in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing-about only the baptism of John. ²⁶ And this one began to speak-boldly in the synagogue. And having heard him, Priscilla and Aquila took him aside and explained the way of God to him more-accurately. ²⁷ And he wanting to go to Achaia, the brothers, having urged him forward, wrote to the disciples to welcome him; who, having arrived, greatly helped the ones having believed through grace. ²⁸ For he was vigorously^[q] refuting the Jews in public, showing through the Scriptures that the Christ is Jesus.