1 E depois disto partiu Paulo de Atenas, e chegou a Corinto.

2 E, achando um certo judeu por nome Áquila, natural do Ponto, que havia pouco tinha vindo da Itália, e Priscila, sua mulher (pois Cláudio tinha mandado que todos os judeus saíssem de Roma), ajuntou-se com eles,

3 E, como era do mesmo ofício, ficou com eles, e trabalhava; pois tinham por ofício fazer tendas.

4 E todos os sábados disputava na sinagoga, e convencia a judeus e gregos.

5 E, quando Silas e Timóteo desceram da Macedônia, foi Paulo impulsionado no espírito, testificando aos judeus que Jesus era o Cristo.

6 Mas, resistindo e blasfemando eles, sacudiu as vestes, e disse-lhes: O vosso sangue seja sobre a vossa cabeça; eu estou limpo, e desde agora parto para os gentios.

7 E, saindo dali, entrou em casa de um homem chamado Justo, que servia a Deus, e cuja casa estava junto da sinagoga.

8 E Crispo, principal da sinagoga, creu no Senhor com toda a sua casa; e muitos dos coríntios, ouvindo-o, creram e foram batizados.

9 E disse o Senhor em visão de noite a Paulo: Não temas, mas fala, e não te cales;

10 Porque eu sou contigo, e ninguém lançará mão de ti para te fazer mal, pois tenho muito povo nesta cidade.

11 E ficou ali um ano e seis meses, ensinando entre eles a palavra de Deus.

12 Mas, sendo Gálio procônsul da Acaia, levantaram-se os judeus concordemente contra Paulo, e o levaram ao tribunal,

13 Dizendo: Este persuade os homens a servir a Deus contra a lei.

14 E, querendo Paulo abrir a boca, disse Gálio aos judeus: Se houvesse, ó judeus, algum agravo ou crime enorme, com razão vos sofreria,

15 Mas, se a questão é de palavras, e de nomes, e da lei que entre vós há, vede-o vós mesmos; porque eu não quero ser juiz dessas coisas.

16 E expulsou-os do tribunal.

17 Então todos os gregos agarraram Sóstenes, principal da sinagoga, e o feriram diante do tribunal; e a Gálio nada destas coisas o incomodava.

18 E Paulo, ficando ainda ali muitos dias, despediu-se dos irmãos, e dali navegou para a Síria, e com ele Priscila e Áquila, tendo rapado a cabeça em Cencreia, porque tinha voto.

19 E chegou a Éfeso, e deixou-os ali; mas ele, entrando na sinagoga, disputava com os judeus.

20 E, rogando-lhe eles que ficasse com eles por mais algum tempo, não consentiu nisso.

21 Antes se despediu deles, dizendo: É-me de todo preciso celebrar a festividade que vem em Jerusalém; mas querendo Deus, outra vez voltarei a vós. E partiu de Éfeso.

22 E, chegando a Cesareia, subiu a Jerusalém e, saudando a igreja, desceu a Antioquia.

23 E, estando ali algum tempo, partiu, passando sucessivamente pela província da Galácia e da Frígia, confirmando a todos os discípulos.

24 E chegou a Éfeso um certo judeu chamado Apolo, natural de Alexandria, homem eloquente e poderoso nas Escrituras.

25 Este era instruído no caminho do Senhor e, fervoroso de espírito, falava e ensinava diligentemente as coisas do Senhor, conhecendo somente o batismo de João.

26 Ele começou a falar ousadamente na sinagoga; e, quando o ouviram Priscila e Áquila, o levaram consigo e lhe declararam mais precisamente o caminho de Deus.

27 Querendo ele passar à Acaia, o animaram os irmãos, e escreveram aos discípulos que o recebessem; o qual, tendo chegado, aproveitou muito aos que pela graça criam.

28 Porque com grande veemência, convencia publicamente os judeus, mostrando pelas Escrituras que Jesus era o Cristo.

1 And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,

2 and having found a certain Jew, by name Aquilas, of Pontus by birth, lately come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife -- because of Claudius having directed all the Jews to depart out of Rome -- he came to them,

3 and because of being of the same craft, he did remain with them, and was working, for they were tent-makers as to craft;

4 and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.

5 And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the Spirit, testifying fully to the Jews Jesus the Christ;

6 and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken [his] garments, he said unto them, `Your blood [is] upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.`

7 And having departed thence, he went to the house of a certain one, by name Justus, a worshipper of God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue,

8 and Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue did believe in the Lord with all his house, and many of the Corinthians hearing were believing, and they were being baptized.

9 And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, `Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

10 because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;`

11 and he continued a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

12 And Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a rush with one accord upon Paul, and brought him unto the tribunal,

13 saying -- `Against the law this one doth persuade men to worship God;`

14 and Paul being about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, `If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked profligacy, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,

15 but if it is a question concerning words and names, and of your law, look ye yourselves [to it], for a judge of these things I do not wish to be,`

16 and he drave them from the tribunal;

17 and all the Greeks having taken Sosthenes, the chief man of the synagogue, were beating [him] before the tribunal, and not even for these things was Gallio caring.

18 And Paul having remained yet a good many days, having taken leave of the brethren, was sailing to Syria -- and with him [are] Priscilla and Aquilas -- having shorn [his] head in Cenchera, for he had a vow;

19 and he came down to Ephesus, and did leave them there, and he himself having entered into the synagogue did reason with the Jews:

20 and they having requested [him] to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,

21 but took leave of them, saying, `It behoveth me by all means the coming feast to keep at Jerusalem, and again I will return unto you -- God willing.` And he sailed from Ephesus,

22 and having come down to Cesarea, having gone up, and having saluted the assembly, he went down to Antioch.

23 And having made some stay he went forth, going through in order the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

24 And a certain Jew, Apollos by name, an Alexandrian by birth, a man of eloquence, being mighty in the Writings, came to Ephesus,

25 this one was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in the Spirit, was speaking and teaching exactly the things about the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John;

26 this one also began to speak boldly in the synagogue, and Aquilas and Priscilla having heard of him, took him to [them], and did more exactly expound to him the way of God,

27 and he being minded to go through into Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, having exhorted them to receive him, who having come, did help them much who have believed through the grace,

28 for powerfully the Jews he was refuting publicly, shewing through the Writings Jesus to be the Christ.