# Acts 18 - Translation: Berean Standard Bible - Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18 - License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital). ## Text [1] After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. [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, [3] and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was. [4] Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike. [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. [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.” [7] So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God. [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. [9] One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. [10] For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.” [11] So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians. [12] While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat. [13] “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said. [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. [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.” [16] And he drove them away from the judgment seat. [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. [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. [19] When they reached Ephesus, Paul parted ways with Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews. [20] When they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined. [21] But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus. [22] When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch. [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. [24] Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures. [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. [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. [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. [28] For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. ## When - c. AD 49-52 (counted from the text) - Date source: Acts 18:12 puts Paul before Gallio, proconsul of Achaia in AD 51-52 by the Delphi inscription. It is the anchor of the whole chronology of Paul. ## Who ruled - **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII - **Gallio**, proconsul of Achaia, AD 51-52 · Source: Delphi inscription (SIG 801d), which dates his term; Acts 18:12. It is the only fixed date in Paul's chronology. - **Herod Agrippa II**, king of Judea, AD 50-93 · Source: Josephus, Jewish War II; Antiquities XX - **Antonius Felix**, procurator of Judea, AD 52-59 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XX.7-8; Tacitus, Annals XII.54 ## Places in this chapter - **Cenchreae** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/cenchreae - **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem - **Antioch** (Syria · today Antakya) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/antioch - **Rome** (Italy · today Rome) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/rome - **Ephesus** (Asia · today Selçuk) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ephesus - **Athens** (Achaia · today Athens) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/athens - **Corinth** (Achaia · today Corinth) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/corinth - **Caesarea** (Judea · today Caesarea Maritima) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/caesarea - **Alexandria** (Egypt · today Alexandria) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/alexandria - **Achaia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/achaia - **Syria 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/syria-2 - **Phrygia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/phrygia - **Galatia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/galatia - **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt - **Italy** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/italy - **Macedonia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/macedonia - **Pontus** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/pontus ## Each verse - Acts 18:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/1 - Acts 18:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/2 - Acts 18:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/3 - Acts 18:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/4 - Acts 18:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/5 - Acts 18:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/6 - Acts 18:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/7 - Acts 18:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/8 - Acts 18:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/9 - Acts 18:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/10 - Acts 18:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/11 - Acts 18:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/12 - Acts 18:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/13 - Acts 18:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/14 - Acts 18:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/15 - Acts 18:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/16 - Acts 18:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/17 - Acts 18:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/18 - Acts 18:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/19 - Acts 18:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/20 - Acts 18:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/21 - Acts 18:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/22 - Acts 18:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/23 - Acts 18:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/24 - Acts 18:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/25 - Acts 18:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/26 - Acts 18:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/27 - Acts 18:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/28