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* And after these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth . * And finding a certain Jew named Aquila , born in Pontus , lately come from Italy [with ] his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome ) Paul came to them . * And because [he ] was of the same trade , he stayed and worked with them ; for they were tentmakers by occupation . * And he reasoned in the synagogue on every sabbath , persuading both Jews and Greeks . * And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia , Paul was pressed in the spirit and testified to the Jews [that ] Jesus [is ] the Christ . * And they resisting and blaspheming , shaking [his ] garment , he said to them , Your blood [is ] on your own heads . I [am ] pure from [it ]. From now on I will go to the nations . * And he departed from there and entered into [the ] house of one named Justus , [one ] worshiping God , whose house was next to the synagogue . * And Crispus , the chief ruler of the synagogue , believed on the Lord with all his house . And hearing this , many of the Corinthians believed and were baptized . * And the Lord spoke to Paul in [the ] night by a vision , Do not be afraid , but speak , and be not silent . * For I am with you , and no one shall set on you to hurt you , for I have many people in this city . * And he continued [there ] a year and six months , teaching the Word of God among them . * But Gallio [being ] pro-consul of Achaia , the Jews with one accord rushed against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat , * saying , This one persuades men to worship God contrary to the Law . * And Paul being about to open [his ] mouth , Gallio said to the Jews , If indeed then , it was anything wrong or wicked criminality , O Jews , according to reason I would endure you . * But if it is a question of a word and names , and [of ] your law , you look [to it ]. For I do not wish to be a judge of such things . * And he drove them from the judgment seat . * And all the Greeks seized Sosthenes , the chief ruler of the synagogue , and beat [him ] before the judgment seat . And Gallio did not care for any of these things . * And Paul having remained many days more , taking leave of the brothers , he sailed from there into Syria . And Priscilla and Aquila were with him . And Paul had shorn his head in Cenchrea , for he had a vow . * And he came to Ephesus and left them there . But he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews . * And they asking [him ] to stay a longer time with them , he did not consent * but took leave of them , saying , I must by all means keep this feast that is coming in Jerusalem , but I will return again to you , God willing . And he sailed from Ephesus . * And when he had landed at Caesarea and had gone up to greet the church , he went down to Antioch . * And after he had spent some time [there ], he departed and went over the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order , strengthening all the disciples . * And a certain Jew named Apollos , an Alexandrian by birth , an eloquent man mighty in the Scriptures , came to Ephesus . * This man was instructed in the way of the Lord . And [being ] fervent in the spirit , he spoke and taught the things of the Lord diligently , knowing only the baptism of John . * And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue . And Aquila and Priscilla heard him , and they took him and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly . * And intending to pass into Achaia , being encouraged , the brothers wrote to the disciples to welcome him ; who , having arrived , very much helped those who had believed through grace . * For he mightily confuted the Jews publicly , proving by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ .

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