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After these things ,
Paul departed from Athens ,
and came to Corinth .
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And having found a certain Jew named Aquila ,
born in Pontus ,
lately come from Italy ,
and Priscilla his wife , (
because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome ,)
he came to them ;
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and because he was of the same trade ,
he abode with them ,
and worked ;
for they were tent
makers by trade .
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And he discoursed in the synagogue every sabbath ,
and endeavored to persuade both Jews and Greeks .
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And when both Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia ,
Paul was wholly engaged in the word ,
testifying to the Jews ,
that Jesus was the Christ .
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And when they set themselves against him ,
and reviled ,
he shook his garments ,
and said to them ,
Your blood be upon your own heads !
I am clean ;
from this time I will go to the gentiles .
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And he departed thence ,
and went to the house of a certain man ,
named Justus ,
a worshipper of God ,
whose house was very near the synagogue .
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And Crispus ,
the ruler of the synagogue ,
believed in the Lord with all his house ;
and many of the Corinthians upon hearing believed ,
and were baptized .
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And the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night ,
Be not afraid ,
but speak on ,
and be not silent ;
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for I am with thee ,
and no one shall lay hands 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 proconsul of Achaia ,
the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul ,
and brought him before the judgment
seat ,
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saying ,
This man persuadeth people to worship God contrary to the law .
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And as Paul was about to open his mouth ,
Gallio said to the Jews ,
If it were some act of injustice or wicked misdeed ,
O Jews ,
with reason I should bear with you ;
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but if it be questions of doctrine ,
and names ,
and your law ,
look to it yourselves ;
I will not be a judge of these matters .
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And he drove them from the judgment
seat .
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But they all laid hold of Sosthenes ,
the ruler of the synagogue ,
and beat him before the judgment
seat ;
and Gallio cared for none of these things .
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And Paul ,
having stayed many days longer ,
took leave of the brethren ,
and sailed thence to Syria ,
and with him Priscilla and Aquila ,
after he had shaved his head in Cenchreae ,
for he had a vow .