18 ¹ After this he left Athens and went to Corinth. 18 ² There he fell in with a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, and his wife Priscilla; he had recently arrived from Italy because Claudius had issued an edict that all Jews should leave Rome. 18 ³ Paul approached them and, because he was of the same trade, he made his home with them, and they carried on business together; they were tent-makers. 18 ⁴ He also held discussions in the synagogue Sabbath by Sabbath, trying to convince both Jews and Gentiles.

18 ⁵ Then Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, and Paul devoted himself entirely to preaching, affirming before the Jews that the Messiah was Jesus. 18 ⁶ But when they opposed him and resorted to abuse, he shook out the skirts of his cloak and said to them, 'Your blood be on your own heads! My conscience is clear; now I shall go to the Gentiles.' 18 ⁷ With that he left, and went to the house of a worshipper of God named Titius Justus, who lived next door to the synagogue. 18 ⁸ Crispus, who held office in the synagogue, now became a believer in the Lord, with all his household; and a number of Corinthians listened and believed, and were baptized. 18 ⁹ One night in a vision the Lord said to Paul, 'Have no fear: go on with your preaching and do not be silenced, 18 ¹⁰ for I am with you and no one shall attempt to do you harm; Or: and you will not be harmed by anyone's attacks. and there are many in this city who are my people.' 18 ¹¹ So he settled down for eighteen months, teaching the word of God among them.

18 ¹² But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews set upon Paul in a body and brought him into court. 18 ¹³ 'This man', they said, 'is inducing people to worship God in ways that are against the law.' 18 ¹⁴ Paul was just about to speak when Gallio said to them, 'If it had been a question of crime or grave misdemeanour, I should, of course, have given you Jews a patient hearing, 18 ¹⁵ but if it is some bickering about words and names and your Jewish law, you may see to it yourselves; I have no mind to be a judge of these matters.' 18 ¹⁶ And he had them ejected from the court. 18 ¹⁷ Then there was a general attack on Sosthenes, who held office in the synagogue, and they gave him a beating in full view of the bench. But all this left Gallio quite unconcerned.