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1 Entonces Pablo partió de Atenas y se fue a Corinto,
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens and came to Corinth.
2 y allí conoció a un judío llamado Aquila. Este era de Ponto, y acababa de llegar de Italia con su esposa Priscila porque Claudio había deportado a todos los judíos expulsados de Roma. Y Pablo fue a verlos,
2 He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
3 y como estaban en el mismo negocio de fabricar tiendas, se quedó con ellos.
3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
4 Y Pablo debatía en la sinagoga cada sábado, convenciendo tanto a griegos como a judíos.
4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 Cuando Silas y Timoteo llegaron desde Macedonia, Pablo sintió que necesitaba ser más directo en lo que predicaba, y les dijo a los judíos que Jesús era el Mesías.
5 When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
6 Y cuando ellos se le opusieron y lo maldijeron, sacudió su ropa y les dijo: “¡La sangre de ustedes está sobre sus propias cabezas! Soy libre de toda culpa, y desde ahora iré a los extranjeros”.
6 When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”
7 Entonces se marchó y se fue a quedar donde Tito Justo, quien adoraba a Dios y cuya casa estaba al lado de la sinagoga.
7 He departed there and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Crispo, líder de la sinagoga, creía en el Señor y también toda su casa. Y muchas personas de Corinto que escucharon el mensaje se convirtieron en creyentes y fueron bautizados.
8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Pablo en una visión de noche: “No tengas miedo. Habla, no te quedes callado
9 The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
10 porque yo estoy contigo, y nadie te hará daño, pues muchas personas en esta ciudad son mías”.
10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”
11 Y Pablo se quedó allí durante dieciocho meses, enseñando la palabra de Dios.
11 He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 Sin embargo, cuando Galión se convirtió en el gobernante de Acaya, los judíos se unieron para atacar a Pablo y lo llevaron ante la corte.
12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 “Este hombre está persuadiendo al pueblo para adorar a Dios ilegalmente”, declararon.
13 saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
14 Pero cuando Pablo estaba a punto de defenderse, Galión les dijo a los judíos: “Si ustedes los judíos me trajeran cargos criminales o una ofensa legal grave, habría razón para que yo escuchara su caso.
14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15 Pero como solo están discutiendo por las palabras y nombres y respecto a la propia ley de ustedes, entonces encárguense ustedes mismos. Yo no voy a gobernar respecto a tales asuntos”.
15 but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”
16 Después de esto Galión mandó a sacarlos de la corte.
16 So he drove them from the judgment seat.
17 Entonces la multitud tomó a Sóstenes, líder de la sinagoga, y lo golpearon justo a las afueras de la corte, pero a Galión no le preocupó esto en absoluto.
17 Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.
18 Pablo se quedó por un tiempo. Entonces dejó a los creyentes de allí y partió hacia Siria, llevando consigo a Priscila y Aquila. En Cencrea mandó a afeitar su cabeza, porque había hecho un voto.
18 Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19 Entonces llegaron a Éfeso, donde Pablo había dejado a los otros. Y se dirigió a la sinagoga para razonar con los judíos.
19 He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 Y ellos le pidieron que se quedara por más tiempo, pero Pablo no aceptó.
20 When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;
21 Entonces se despidió y emprendió su viaje desde Éfeso, diciéndoles: “Regresaré y los veré nuevamente si es la voluntad de Dios”.
21 but taking his leave of them, he said, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills.” Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Después de desembarcar en Cesarea fue a saludar a los miembros de iglesia, y entonces siguió hasta Antioquía.
22 When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
23 Y se quedó un tiempo allí y luego fue de ciudad en ciudad por la región de Galacia y Frigia, animando a los creyentes.
23 Having spent some time there, he departed and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
24 Durante este tiempo, un judío llamado Apolo, de Alejandría, llegó a Éfeso. Era un orador con mucho talento, que conocía bien las Escrituras.
24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 Se le había enseñado el camino del Señor. Era apasionado por lo espiritual, y en su hablar y su enseñanza presentaba a Jesús de manera precisa, pero solo sabía acerca del bautismo de Juan.
25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
26 Entonces comenzó a hablar de manera abierta en la sinagoga. De modo que cuando Priscila y Aquila lo escucharon, lo invitaron a unirse a ellos y le enseñaron con mayor amplitud el camino del Señor.
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 Cuando decidió ir a Acaya, los hermanos lo animaron y le escribieron a los discípulos de allí, diciéndoles que lo recibieran. Y cuando llegó fue de gran ayuda a los que por gracia creían en Dios,
27 When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him; and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 porque podía refutar enérgicamente a los judíos en debates públicos, demostrando con las Escrituras que Jesús era el Mesías.
28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

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People

  • Apollos

    Alexandrian Jewish teacher

    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

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  • Aquila

    Tentmaker and coworker of Paul

    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

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  • Claudius

    Roman emperor

    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

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  • Crispus

    Synagogue leader at Corinth

    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

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  • Gallio

    Roman proconsul of Achaia

    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

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  • Priscilla

    Coworker of Paul

    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

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  • Sosthenes

    Synagogue leader at Corinth

    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

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  • Titius Justus

    Host of Paul at Corinth

    A God-fearing man whose house next to the synagogue became Paul's base in Corinth.

    Cited in the guide: Acts 18:7

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Places

  • Antioch (Syrian)

    Today: Antakya, southern Turkey · On First Journey · On Second Journey · On Third Journey

    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

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  • Athens

    Today: Greece · On Second Journey

    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

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  • Caesarea Maritima

    Today: Israel's Mediterranean coast · On Third Journey · On The Journey to Rome

    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

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  • Corinth

    Today: Southern Greece (the isthmus) · On Second Journey · On Third Journey

    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

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  • Ephesus

    Today: Western Turkey (Aegean coast) · On Second Journey · On Third Journey

    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

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  • Jerusalem

    Today: Israel / Palestinian territories · On Third Journey

    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

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  • Philippi

    Today: Northern Greece (Macedonia) · On Second Journey · On Third Journey

    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

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  • Thessalonica

    Today: Northern Greece (Macedonia) · On Second Journey

    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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  • Berea

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  • Miletus

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  • Troas

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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 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Timothy 4:20; Acts 19:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Acts 17:32–33
  2. 2 2 Timothy 4:19; 1 Corinthians 16:19; Romans 16:3–4; Acts 11:28; Acts 18:26
  3. 3 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 11:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9; 2 Corinthians 11:7
  4. 4 2 Corinthians 5:11; Acts 28:23; Acts 17:17; Acts 19:8; Acts 13:14–14:1
  5. 5 2 Corinthians 5:14; Acts 18:28; Acts 20:21; Acts 9:22; Acts 17:3
  6. 6 Ezekiel 33:4; 2 Samuel 1:16; Ezekiel 33:8–9; Ezekiel 18:13; Nehemiah 5:13
  7. 7 Acts 16:14; Colossians 4:11; Acts 10:22; Acts 17:4; Acts 13:42
  8. 8 1 Corinthians 1:13–17; Romans 10:14–17; Mark 16:15–16; Acts 11:14; Acts 8:12
  9. 9 Acts 23:11; Ephesians 6:19–20; Ezekiel 2:6–8; Acts 27:23–25; Micah 3:8
  10. 10 2 Corinthians 12:9; Exodus 4:12; Matthew 28:20; Isaiah 41:10; Romans 8:31
  11. 11 Acts 19:10; Acts 14:3; Acts 20:31
  12. 12 Acts 13:50; Acts 13:7; Acts 18:27; 1 Corinthians 16:15; 2 Corinthians 1:1
  13. 13 Acts 24:5–6; Acts 25:8; Acts 6:13; Acts 21:28; Acts 18:4
  14. 14 1 Peter 3:14–15; Romans 13:3; Acts 13:18; Acts 25:18–20; Mark 9:19
  15. 15 Acts 23:29; Acts 25:19; 1 Timothy 6:4; Acts 25:11; 1 Timothy 1:4
  16. 16 Revelation 12:16; Psalm 76:10; Romans 13:3–4
  17. 17 1 Corinthians 1:1; Amos 6:6; 1 Corinthians 1:23; Acts 17:32
  18. 18 Acts 21:24; Numbers 6:18; Acts 18:2; Romans 16:1; Numbers 6:5–9
  19. 19 2 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 1:3; Ephesians 1:1; Acts 20:16; Acts 19:1
  20. 20 Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:12; Mark 1:37–38; Acts 21:13–14
  21. 21 James 4:15; 1 Corinthians 4:19; Romans 15:32; Hebrews 6:3; Acts 20:16
  22. 22 Acts 8:40; Acts 25:1; Acts 11:19–27; Acts 15:4; Acts 10:1
  23. 23 Acts 14:22; Acts 16:6; Acts 15:41; Acts 15:32; Galatians 4:14
  24. 24 1 Corinthians 4:6; Titus 3:13; 1 Corinthians 3:5–6; 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 16:12
  25. 25 Romans 12:11; Acts 19:3; Hosea 14:9; Acts 9:2; Acts 19:23
  26. 26 Ephesians 6:19–20; 1 Corinthians 12:21; Acts 14:3; Acts 18:25; Hebrews 6:1
  27. 27 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; James 1:16–18; Ephesians 2:8–10; Acts 18:18; Colossians 4:10
  28. 28 Acts 18:5; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4; Acts 9:22; Acts 26:22–23; Luke 24:44

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  1. Commentary 18:18 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles (Homily XL)

    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.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)