1After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came to them; 3and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked; for by their trade they were tentmakers. 4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. 5But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that Yeshua was the Messiah. 6And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from now on I will go to the Gentiles. 7And he departed from there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one who worshipped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent: 10for I am with you, and no man shall attack you to harm you: for I have many people in this city. 11And he lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, 13saying, This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the Torah. 14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villainy, O you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you: 15but if they are questions about words and names and your own Torah, see to it yourselves; I do not wish to be a judge of these matters. 16And he drove them from the judgment seat. 17And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things. 18And Paul, having stayed after this many days longer, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having cut his hair in Cenchreæ; for he had a vow. 19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20And when they asked him to stay a longer time, he did not consent; 21but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again to you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus. 22And when he had landed at Cæsarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch. 23And having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, strengthening all the disciples. 24Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures. 25This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Yeshua, knowing only the baptism of John: 26and 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. 27And when he wanted to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; 28for he powerfully refuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Yeshua was the Messiah.