Acts:18
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After these things Paul departed from Athens ,
and came to Corinth ;
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And found a certain Jew named Aquila ,
born in Pontus ,
lately come from Italy ,
with his wife Priscilla ; (
because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome :)
and came unto them .
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And because he was of the same craft ,
he abode with them ,
and wrought :
for by their occupation they were tentmakers .
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And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath ,
and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks .
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And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia ,
Paul was pressed in the spirit ,
and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ .
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And when they opposed themselves ,
and blasphemed ,
he shook his raiment ,
and said unto them ,
Your blood be upon your own heads ;
I am clean :
from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles .
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And he departed thence ,
and entered into a certain man '
s house ,
named Justus ,
one that worshipped God ,
whose house joined hard to the synagogue .
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And Crispus ,
the chief ruler of the synagogue ,
believed on the Lord with all his house ;
and many of the Corinthians hearing believed ,
and were baptized .
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Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision ,
Be not afraid ,
but speak ,
and hold not thy peace :
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For I am with thee ,
and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee :
for I have much people in this city .
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And he continued there a year and six months ,
teaching the word of God among them .
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And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia ,
the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul ,
and brought him to the judgment seat ,
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Saying ,
This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law .
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And when Paul was now about to open his mouth ,
Gallio said unto the Jews ,
If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness ,
O ye Jews ,
reason would that I should bear with you :
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But if it be a question of words and names ,
and of your law ,
look ye to it ;
for I will be no judge of such matters .
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And he drave them from the judgment seat .
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Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes ,
the chief ruler of the synagogue ,
and beat him before the judgment seat .
And Gallio cared for none of those things .
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And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while ,
and then took his leave of the brethren ,
and sailed thence into Syria ,
and with him Priscilla and Aquila ;
having shorn his head in Cenchrea :
for he had a vow .
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And he came to Ephesus ,
and left them there :
but he himself entered into the synagogue ,
and reasoned with the Jews .
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When they desired him to tarry longer time with them ,
he consented not ;
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But bade them farewell ,
saying ,
I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem :
but I will return again unto you ,
if God will .
And he sailed from Ephesus .
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And when he had landed at Caesarea ,
and gone up ,
and saluted the church ,
he went down to Antioch .
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And after he had spent some time there ,
he departed ,
and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order ,
strengthening all the disciples .
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And a certain Jew named Apollos ,
born at Alexandria ,
an eloquent man ,
and mighty in the scriptures ,
came to Ephesus .
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This man was instructed in the way of the Lord ;
and being fervent in the spirit ,
he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord ,
knowing only the baptism of John .
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And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue :
whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard ,
they took him unto them ,
and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly .
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And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia ,
the brethren wrote ,
exhorting the disciples to receive him :
who ,
when he was come ,
helped them much which had believed through grace :
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For he mightily convinced the Jews ,
and that publickly ,
shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ .