1 μετα δε ταυτα χωρισθεισ ο παυλοσ εκ των αθηνων ηλθεν εισ κορινθον 2 και ευρων τινα ιουδαιον ονοματι ακυλαν ποντικον τω γενει προσφατωσ εληλυθοτα απο τησ ιταλιασ και πρισκιλλαν γυναικα αυτου δια το τεταχεναι κλαυδιον χωριζεσθαι παντασ τουσ ιουδαιουσ εκ τησ ρωμησ προσηλθεν αυτοισ 3 και δια το ομοτεχνον ειναι εμενεν παρ αυτοισ και ειργαζετο ησαν γαρ σκηνοποιοι την τεχνην 4 διελεγετο δε εν τη συναγωγη κατα παν σαββατον επειθεν τε ιουδαιουσ και ελληνασ 5 ωσ δε κατηλθον απο τησ μακεδονιασ ο τε σιλασ και ο τιμοθεοσ συνειχετο τω πνευματι ο παυλοσ διαμαρτυρομενοσ τοισ ιουδαιοισ τον χριστον ιησουν 6 αντιτασσομενων δε αυτων και βλασφημουντων εκτιναξαμενοσ τα ιματια ειπεν προσ αυτουσ το αιμα υμων επι την κεφαλην υμων καθαροσ εγω απο του νυν εισ τα εθνη πορευσομαι 7 και μεταβασ εκειθεν ηλθεν εισ οικιαν τινοσ ονοματι ιουστου σεβομενου τον θεον ου η οικια ην συνομορουσα τη συναγωγη 8 κρισποσ δε ο αρχισυναγωγοσ επιστευσεν τω κυριω συν ολω τω οικω αυτου και πολλοι των κορινθιων ακουοντεσ επιστευον και εβαπτιζοντο 9 ειπεν δε ο κυριοσ δι οραματοσ εν νυκτι τω παυλω μη φοβου αλλα λαλει και μη σιωπησησ 10 διοτι εγω ειμι μετα σου και ουδεισ επιθησεται σοι του κακωσαι σε διοτι λαοσ εστιν μοι πολυσ εν τη πολει ταυτη 11 εκαθισεν τε ενιαυτον και μηνασ εξ διδασκων εν αυτοισ τον λογον του θεου 12 γαλλιωνοσ δε ανθυπατευοντοσ τησ αχαιασ κατεπεστησαν ομοθυμαδον οι ιουδαιοι τω παυλω και ηγαγον αυτον επι το βημα 13 λεγοντεσ οτι παρα τον νομον ουτοσ αναπειθει τουσ ανθρωπουσ σεβεσθαι τον θεον 14 μελλοντοσ δε του παυλου ανοιγειν το στομα ειπεν ο γαλλιων προσ τουσ ιουδαιουσ ει μεν ουν ην αδικημα τι η ραδιουργημα πονηρον ω ιουδαιοι κατα λογον αν ηνεσχομην υμων 15 ει δε ζητημα εστιν περι λογου και ονοματων και νομου του καθ υμασ οψεσθε αυτοι κριτησ γαρ εγω τουτων ου βουλομαι ειναι 16 και απηλασεν αυτουσ απο του βηματοσ 17 επιλαβομενοι δε παντεσ οι ελληνεσ σωσθενην τον αρχισυναγωγον ετυπτον εμπροσθεν του βηματοσ και ουδεν τουτων τω γαλλιωνι εμελλεν 18 ο δε παυλοσ ετι προσμεινασ ημερασ ικανασ τοισ αδελφοισ αποταξαμενοσ εξεπλει εισ την συριαν και συν αυτω πρισκιλλα και ακυλασ κειραμενοσ την κεφαλην εν κεγχρεαισ ειχεν γαρ ευχην 19 κατηντησεν δε εισ εφεσον και εκεινουσ κατελιπεν αυτου αυτοσ δε εισελθων εισ την συναγωγην διελεχθη τοισ ιουδαιοισ 20 ερωτωντων δε αυτων επι πλειονα χρονον μειναι παρ αυτοισ ουκ επενευσεν 21 αλλ απεταξατο αυτοισ ειπων δει με παντωσ την εορτην την ερχομενην ποιησαι εισ ιεροσολυμα παλιν δε ανακαμψω προσ υμασ του θεου θελοντοσ ανηχθη απο τησ εφεσου 22 και κατελθων εισ καισαρειαν αναβασ και ασπασαμενοσ την εκκλησιαν κατεβη εισ αντιοχειαν 23 και ποιησασ χρονον τινα εξηλθεν διερχομενοσ καθεξησ την γαλατικην χωραν και φρυγιαν επιστηριζων παντασ τουσ μαθητασ 24 ιουδαιοσ δε τισ απολλωσ ονοματι αλεξανδρευσ τω γενει ανηρ λογιοσ κατηντησεν εισ εφεσον δυνατοσ ων εν ταισ γραφαισ 25 ουτοσ ην κατηχημενοσ την οδον του κυριου και ζεων τω πνευματι ελαλει και εδιδασκεν ακριβωσ τα περι του κυριου επισταμενοσ μονον το βαπτισμα ιωαννου 26 ουτοσ τε ηρξατο παρρησιαζεσθαι εν τη συναγωγη ακουσαντεσ δε αυτου ακυλασ και πρισκιλλα προσελαβοντο αυτον και ακριβεστερον αυτω εξεθεντο την του θεου οδον 27 βουλομενου δε αυτου διελθειν εισ την αχαιαν προτρεψαμενοι οι αδελφοι εγραψαν τοισ μαθηταισ αποδεξασθαι αυτον οσ παραγενομενοσ συνεβαλετο πολυ τοισ πεπιστευκοσιν δια τησ χαριτοσ 28 ευτονωσ γαρ τοισ ιουδαιοισ διακατηλεγχετο δημοσια επιδεικνυσ δια των γραφων ειναι τον χριστον ιησουν
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- Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Apollos
An eloquent Alexandrian Jew, mighty in the Scriptures, who was taught more accurately by Priscilla and Aquila and then ministered in Achaia and at Corinth.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:24; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:6
Aquila
A Jew from Pontus, a tentmaker expelled from Rome under Claudius, who worked with Paul at Corinth and later taught Apollos with his wife Priscilla.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:2; Acts 18:26; Romans 16:3
Claudius
The emperor in whose reign the great famine predicted by Agabus occurred; he ordered all Jews to leave Rome, which brought Aquila and Priscilla to Corinth.
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:28; Acts 18:2
Crispus
The leader of the synagogue at Corinth who believed in the Lord with his whole household and was baptized by Paul.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:8; 1 Corinthians 1:14
Gallio
The proconsul of Achaia who refused to judge Paul and dismissed the Jews' charges against him as a matter of their own law.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:12; Acts 18:14; Acts 18:17
Priscilla
Aquila's wife, also called Prisca, who with him hosted a church in her house and risked her neck for Paul's life.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:2; Acts 18:26; Romans 16:3
Sosthenes
The synagogue leader seized and beaten before Gallio's tribunal at Corinth; a Sosthenes is named as co-sender of 1 Corinthians, probably the same man.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:17; 1 Corinthians 1:1
Titius Justus
A God-fearing man whose house next to the synagogue became Paul's base in Corinth.
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:7
Places
Antioch (Syrian)
The empire's third-largest city and the first major Gentile church — the launching base for Paul's journeys. (Distinct from Pisidian Antioch.)
Cited in the guide: Acts 11:26; Acts 13:1-3; Galatians 2:11
Athens
The philosophical center of the Greco-Roman world. Paul engaged Stoic and Epicurean thinkers on Mars Hill (the Areopagus), reasoning toward the resurrection.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:16; Acts 17:22
Caesarea Maritima
The Roman administrative capital of Judea. Peter brought the gospel to the Gentile Cornelius here, and Paul was imprisoned before appealing his case to Caesar.
Cited in the guide: Acts 10:1; Acts 23:23; Acts 25:11
Corinth
Corinth straddled the isthmus linking mainland Greece to the Peloponnese — a hub of commerce and immorality. Paul founded the church here; a Roman bema traditionally linked to his hearing before…
Cited in the guide: Acts 18:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1
Ephesus
The chief city of Roman Asia, famed for the temple of Artemis. Paul's long ministry sparked the silversmiths' riot; the city is also the first addressed in Revelation.
Cited in the guide: Acts 19:1; Acts 19:28; Revelation 2:1
Jerusalem
Set high in the Judean hills (~2,500 ft), Jerusalem was David's royal city, the site of the First and Second Temples, and the stage for Jesus' passion and the church's birth at Pentecost.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 5:6-9; Luke 19:41; Acts 1:8
Philippi
A Roman colony on the Via Egnatia and the site of Paul's first European converts — a beloved church to which he later wrote from prison.
Cited in the guide: Acts 16:12; Acts 16:25; Philippians 1:1
Thessalonica
Capital of the Roman province of Macedonia and a key stop on the Via Egnatia. Paul's brief ministry produced a strong church and two of his earliest letters.
Cited in the guide: Acts 17:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; Acts 17:6
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Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 19:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Acts 17:32–33
- 2 2 Timothy 4:19; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Romans 16:3–4; Acts 11:28; Acts 18:26
- 3 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; 2 Corinthians 11:7
- 4 2 Corinthians 5:11; Acts 28:23; Acts 17:17; Acts 19:8; Acts 13:14–14:1
- 5 2 Corinthians 5:14; Acts 18:28; Acts 20:21; Acts 9:22; Acts 17:3
- 6 Ezekiel 33:4; 2 Samuel 1:16; Ezekiel 33:8–9; Ezekiel 18:13; Nehemiah 5:13
- 7 Acts 16:14; Colossians 4:11; Acts 10:22; Acts 17:4; Acts 13:42
- 8 1 Corinthians 1:13–17; Romans 10:14–17; Mark 16:15–16; Acts 11:14; Acts 8:12
- 9 Acts 23:11; Ephesians 6:19–20; Ezekiel 2:6–8; Acts 27:23–25; Micah 3:8
- 10 2 Corinthians 12:9; Exodus 4:12; Matthew 28:20; Isaiah 41:10; Romans 8:31
- 11 Acts 19:10; Acts 14:3; Acts 20:31
- 12 Acts 13:50; Acts 13:7; Acts 18:27; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1
- 13 Acts 24:5–6; Acts 25:8; Acts 6:13; Acts 21:28; Acts 18:4
- 14 1 Peter 3:14–15; Romans 13:3; Acts 13:18; Acts 25:18–20; Mark 9:19
- 15 Acts 23:29; Acts 25:19; 1 Timothy 6:4; Acts 25:11; 1 Timothy 1:4
- 16 Revelation 12:16; Psalm 76:10; Romans 13:3–4
- 17 1 Corinthians 1:1; Amos 6:6; 1 Corinthians 1:23; Acts 17:32
- 18 Acts 21:24; Numbers 6:18; Acts 18:2; Romans 16:1; Numbers 6:5–9
- 19 2 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 1:3; Ephesians 1:1; Acts 20:16; Acts 19:1
- 20 Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:12; Mark 1:37–38; Acts 21:13–14
- 21 James 4:15; 1 Corinthians 4:19; Romans 15:32; Hebrews 6:3; Acts 20:16
- 22 Acts 8:40; Acts 25:1; Acts 11:19–27; Acts 15:4; Acts 10:1
- 23 Acts 14:22; Acts 16:6; Acts 15:41; Acts 15:32; Galatians 4:14
- 24 1 Corinthians 4:6; Titus 3:13; 1 Corinthians 3:5–6; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 16:12
- 25 Romans 12:11; Acts 19:3; Hosea 14:9; Acts 9:2; Acts 19:23
- 26 Ephesians 6:19–20; 1 Corinthians 12:21; Acts 14:3; Acts 18:25; Hebrews 6:1
- 27 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; James 1:16–18; Ephesians 2:8–10; Acts 18:18; Colossians 4:10
- 28 Acts 18:5; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Acts 9:22; Acts 26:22–23; Luke 24:44
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See how the Law was breaking up; see how they were bound by conscience. This, namely, was a Jewish custom, to shear their heads agreeably with a vow. But then there ought to be also a sacrifice (ch. xxi. 26), which was not the case here. --"Having yet tarried:" after the beating of Sosthenes.
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