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Acts chapter 18

After this, Paul left and went to .There he met a Jewish man named , originally from , who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because had ordered all Jewish people to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,and because he worked in the same trade, he stayed and worked with them — they were by profession.Every he would in the , trying to win over both Jewish and Greek people.When Silas and Timothy arrived from , Paul devoted himself entirely to getting the message out, to the Jewish people that Jesus was .But when they pushed back and started throwing insults, he in protest and told them, “! I’m not responsible. From now on, I’m going to the .”So he left the synagogue and went next door to the house of a man named Titius Justus, .Crispus, the , put his trust in along with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians who heard Paul also believed and were .One night the Master told Paul in a , “Don’t be afraid. Keep speaking and don’t be silent,because I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because .”So Paul stayed there for a year and six months, teaching them .But while was serving as of Achaia, the Jewish leaders made a coordinated move against Paul and brought him before the .“This man,” they said, “is convincing people to worship God in ways that violate .”Paul was just about to respond when Gallio said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, if this were about some or , I’d have good reason to hear you out.But since this is just arguments about , deal with it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.”And he had them removed from the .Then they all grabbed , the synagogue leader, and beat him right there in front of the court. But Gallio .Paul stayed on in Corinth for quite a while longer. Then he said goodbye to the and sailed for Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila with him. Before he left, he in because of a vow he had made.They arrived in , where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and with the Jewish people there.When they asked him to stay longer, he declined.But as he said goodbye, he told them, “I’ll come back to you .” Then he set sail from Ephesus.After landing at , he went up and greeted , and then went down to .After spending some time there, he left and traveled through the region of and , one place after another, strengthening all the .Meanwhile, a Jewish man named arrived in Ephesus. He was from , an impressive speaker, and deeply knowledgeable in .He had been taught about and spoke with , teaching accurately about Jesus — though he only knew about .He began speaking boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they and explained to him more completely.When Apollos wanted to cross over to , the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the people who followed the Way there, asking them to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a huge help to those who had come to trust in Jesus through .He publicly of the Jewish opponents with powerful reasoning, showing from that Jesus was .