1 Despues de esto salió de Athenas, y fué á Corintho. 2 Y hallando allí un Judío, por nombre Aquila, natural de Ponto, que poco antes había llegado de Italia, y á Priscila su muger (porque habia mandado Claudio salir de Roma á todos los Judíos) se allegó á ellos. 3 Y por quanto era de su mismo oficio, estaba con ellos, y trabajaba; (porque su oficio era de hacer tiendas). 4 Y disputaba cada Sábado en la Synagoga: y haciendo entrar en sus discursos el nombre del Señor Jesús, convencía á los Judíos, y á los Griegos. 5 Y quando viniéron de Macedonia Silas, y Timothéo, Pablo predicaba incesantemente, dando testimonio á los Judíos que Jesús era el Christo. 6 Mas contradiciendo ellos, y blasphemando, sacudió sus vestidos, y les dixo: Vuestra sangre sea sobre vuestra cabeza: yo estoy limpio, desde ahora me voy á los Gentiles. 7 Y partiéndose de allí, entró en casa de uno, que se llamaba Tito Justo, temeroso de Dios, cuya casa estaba contigua á la Synagoga. 8 Y Crispo, que era el Príncipe de la Synagoga, creyó en el Señor con todos los de su casa: y muchos de los Corinthios que oyéndole creían, y eran bautizados: 9 Y dixo el Señor á Pablo de noche en vision: No temas, mas habla, y no calles: 10 Porque yo soy contigo: y nadie te se acercará para dañarte: porque tengo mucho pueblo en esta ciudad. 11 Y se detuvo allí un año y seis meses enseñándoles la palabra de Dios. 12 Y siendo Galion Procónsul de la Achâya, los Judíos se levantaron de acuerdo contra Pablo, y le llevaron al tribunal, 13 Diciendo: Qué éste persuade á los hombres que sirvan á Dios contra la Ley. 14 Y como Pablo comenzase á abrir su boca, dixo Galion á los Judíos: Si fuese algún agravio, ó enorme crimen, os oiría, ó Judíos, según derecho. 15 Mas si son qüestiones de palabra, y de nombres, y de vuestra Ley, vedlo allá vosotros: porque yo no quiero ser Juez de éstas cosas. 16 Y los hizo salir de su tribunal. 17 Entonces ellos echándose sobre Sosthenes príncipe de la Synagoga, le daban golpes delante del tribunal, sin que Galion hiciese caso de ello. 18 Mas Pablo, habiendo permanecido allí aún muchos días, despidiéndose de los hermanos, se fué por mar á la Syria (y con él Priscila, y Aquila) y se habia hecho cortar en Cenchris el cabello, porque tenia voto: 19 Y llegó a Epheso, y los dexó allí. Y entrando él en la Synagoga, disputaba con los Judíos. 20 Y rogándole ellos que se quedase allí mas tiempo, no consintió en ello, 21 Sino que despidiéndose de ellos, y diciéndoles; Otra vez volveré á vosotros queriendo Dios, se partió de Epheso. 22 Y descendiendo á Cesaréa, subió á saludar la Iglesia, y desde allí pasó á Antiochia. 23 Y habiendo estado allí algun tiempo, partió y anduvo por órden la tierra de Galacia, y la Phrygia, fortaleciendo á todos los discípulos. 24 Y vino á Epheso un Judío por nombre Apolo, natural de Alexandría, hombre éloqüente, y muy docto en las Escrituras. 25 Este era instruido en el camino del Señor: y hablaba con fervor de espíritu, y enseñaba con diligencia lo que pertenecia á Jesús, y solamente conocia el bautismo de Juan. 26 Este pues comenzó á hablar con libertad en la Synagoga. Y quando le oyéron Priscila, y Aquila, lo lleváron consigo, y le declaráron mas particularmente el camino del Señor. 27 Y queriendo él ir á la Achâya, habiéndole alentado á ello los hermanos, escribiéron á los discípulos que lo recibiesen. Y quando estuvo allí, fué de mucho provecho á los que habian creido. 28 Porque con gran vehemencia convencía públicamente á los Judíos, mostrándoles por las Escrituras, que Jesús era el Christo.
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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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