{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/acts/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:59:57.506Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Acts","bookSlug":"acts","chapter":18,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":28,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came to them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said to them, Your blood be on your own heads; I am clean; from now on I will go to the Gentiles."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he departed there, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not your peace:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For I am with you, and no man shall set on you to hurt you: for I have much people in this city."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look you to it; for I will be no judge of such matters."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he drove them from the judgment seat."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brothers, and sailed there into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that comes in Jerusalem: but I will return again to you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him to them, and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brothers wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ."}],"citation":{"inline":"Acts 18 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Acts 18](https://primebible.com/akjv/acts/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/acts/18 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}