{"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/kjv/acts/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T05:51:08.227Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 unto them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: 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 <i>that</i> Jesus <i>was</i> Christ."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook <i>his</i> raiment, and said unto them, Your blood <i>be</i> upon your own heads; I <i>am</i> clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he departed thence, and entered into a certain <i>man's</i> house, named Justus, <i>one</i> 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 spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And he continued <i>there</i> 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 <i>fellow</i> persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And when Paul was now about to open <i>his</i> mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O <i>ye</i> Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"But if it be a question of words and names, and <i>of</i> your law, look ye <i>to it</i>; for I will be no judge of such <i>matters</i>."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And he drave them from the judgment seat."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat <i>him</i> before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Paul <i>after this</i> tarried <i>there</i> yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn <i>his</i> 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 <i>him</i> 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 cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto 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 <i>there</i>, he departed, and went over <i>all</i> 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, <i>and</i> 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 spake 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 unto <i>them</i>, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren 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, <i>and that</i> publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ."}],"citation":{"inline":"Acts 18 (KJV)","markdown":"[Acts 18](https://primebible.com/kjv/acts/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/acts/18 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}