Acts 18

Paul in Corinth

18 After this Paul[a] left Athens and went to Corinth.

Where was the Jew that Paul found named Aquila? (verse 1-2)

Who was Aquila? (Verse 2-4)

Where did Paul reason? (verse 4)

When Paul was opposed and reviled, what did he say? (Verse 6)

Who was Titus Justus? (verse 7)

Where was Titus Justus' house? (verse 7)

Who was Crispus? (verse 8)

When did the Lord say to Paul, "Do not be afraid but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people."? (Verse 9-10)

How long did Paul stay there, teaching the word of God among them? (Verse 11)

Who was Gallio? (verse 12-17)

Who was seized and beat in front of the tribunal? (Verse 17)

Paul Returns to Antioch

Where did Paul cut his hair? (verse 18)

Where did Paul reason in Ephesus? (verse 19)

Did Paul stay when he was asked to stay for a longer period? (verse 20-21)

What did Paul do as he went from Caesarea? (verse 22-23)

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

Who was Apollos? (verse 24-25)

What baptism did Apollos know? (verse 25)

How did Apollos teach the things concerning Jesus? (verse 25)

What did Priscilla and Aquila explain to Apollos? (verse 26)

How did Apollos show that the Christ was Jesus? (verse 28)

Acts 18English Standard Version (ESV)

Paul in Corinth

18 After this Paul[a] left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them,3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. 6 And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” 7 And he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” 11 And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews[b] made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, 13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” 14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. 15 But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” 16 And he drove them from the tribunal. 17 And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

Paul Returns to Antioch

18 After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers[c]and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. 19 And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.20 When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. 21 But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.

22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. 23 After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus

24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit,[d] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

Footnotes:

1. Acts 18:1 Greek he
2. Acts 18:12 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14 (twice), 28
3. Acts 18:18 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 27
4. Acts 18:25 Or in the Spirit