1After this Paul[1] left Athens and went to Corinth.2And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, (徒11:28; 徒18:18; 徒18:26; 羅16:3; 林前16:19; 提后4:19)3and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. (徒20:34; 林前4:12; 林前9:15; 林后11:7; 林后12:13; 帖前2:9; 帖后3:8)4And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks. (徒13:5; 徒13:14; 徒17:17)5When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus. (伯32:18; 耶6:11; 耶20:9; 摩3:8; 徒2:36; 徒3:20; 徒5:42; 徒8:5; 徒9:22; 徒17:3; 徒17:15; 徒18:28; 徒20:21; 林后5:14; 帖前3:6)6And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” (撒下1:16; 尼5:13; 结3:18; 结18:13; 结33:4; 太27:25; 徒13:46; 徒13:51; 徒20:26)7And he 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. (徒1:23; 徒16:14; 西4:11)8Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized. (徒11:14; 林前1:14)9And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, (书1:5; 耶1:8; 太28:20; 徒23:11; 徒26:16; 徒27:23; 徒27:24; 林后12:1)10for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” (路21:18; 约10:16; 徒18:9; 帖后3:2)11And he stayed a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews[2] made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal, (徒13:7; 徒13:50; 徒16:19)13saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.” (徒18:15)14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to accept your complaint. (徒13:10)15But since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of these things.” (徒18:13; 徒23:29; 徒25:19; 提前6:4; 提后2:14)16And he drove them from the tribunal.17And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.
Paul Returns to Antioch
18After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers[3] and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow. (民6:2; 民6:18; 约21:23; 徒18:2; 徒21:23; 羅16:1)19And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. (徒18:4; 徒19:1; 徒20:16; 林前15:32; 林前16:8; 弗1:1; 提前1:3; 提后1:18)20When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined.21But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus. (羅15:32; 林前4:19; 林前16:7; 來6:3; 雅4:15; 彼前3:17)22When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch. (徒11:2; 徒21:15)23After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. (徒14:22; 徒16:6)
Apollos Speaks Boldly in Ephesus
24Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. (拉7:6; 徒19:1; 林前1:12; 林前3:5; 林前4:6; 林前16:12; 多3:13)25He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit,[4] he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. (路7:29; 徒9:2; 徒19:3; 羅12:11)26He 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. (太22:16; 徒18:2; 徒18:25)27And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, (徒11:21; 徒11:23; 徒15:11; 徒18:18; 徒19:1; 林前3:6; 林后3:1; 弗2:8)28for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. (徒18:5)