ACTS 18 1-16

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1 - After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And there he met a Hebrew (a Jew) named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla. It was because Emperor Claudius had ordered all Hebrews/Jews out of Rome. So Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, trying to persuade both Jews and Greeks.

     5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word (the message) testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was Jesus. 6 And when they opposed him, and threw insults at him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I’m innocent. From now on I’m going to the Gentiles.” {‘Smaller’ scope crash and armageddon came in 70 CE. Israel as microcosm, all nations as full scope and macrocosm.} 7 And Paul left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. His house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Also Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, along with all his household. And many of the Corinthians listening to Paul believed and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but go on speaking and don’t be silent, 10 for I’m with you, and no one will attack to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” 11 And Paul stayed a year and six months, teaching the word/message of God among them.

     12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Hebrew leaders of the synagogue made a unified attack on Paul and brought him before the Roman tribunal, 13 saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” 14 But when Paul was about to speak in his defense, Gallio said, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a vicious crime, I would have reason to accept your complaint! 15 But since it’s a matter of questions about words and names and your own laws, see to it yourselves! I refuse to be a judge of these things.” 16 And he sent them away from the tribunal.

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