1 Depois disto Paulo partiu de Atenas, e foi a Corinto.
2 Achando um judeu, por nome Áqüila, natural do Ponto, recém-chegado da Itália, e Priscila, sua mulher (por ter Cláudio decretado que todos os judeus saíssem de Roma), foi ter com eles
3 e, por ser do mesmo ofício, com eles morava, e ali trabalhavam; pois o ofício deles era fabricar tendas.
4 Todos os sábados discutia ele na sinagoga e persuadia a judeus e a gregos.
5 Quando Silas e Timóteo desceram da Macedônia, Paulo estava ativamente ocupado com a palavra, testificando aos judeus que Jesus era o Cristo.
6 Mas como eles se opusessem e blasfemassem, sacudindo ele as vestes, disse-lhes: O vosso sangue venha sobre a vossa cabeça; eu estou limpo, e desde agora vou para os gentios.
7 Saindo dali, entrou em casa de um homem chamado Tício Justo, que era temente a Deus, e cuja casa era contígua à sinagoga.
8 Crispo, chefe da sinagoga, creu no Senhor com toda a sua casa, e muitos coríntios, ouvindo, criam e eram batizados.
9 De noite disse o Senhor a Paulo em uma visão: Não temas, mas fala e não te cales;
10 porque eu sou contigo, e ninguém te porá a mão para te fazer mal, pois tenho muito povo nesta cidade.
11 Ali ficou um ano e seis meses, ensinando entre eles a palavra de Deus.
12 Sendo Gálio procônsul da Acaia, levantaram-se os judeus de comum acordo contra Paulo e, levando-o ao tribunal,
13 disseram: Este persuade os homens a adorar a Deus de um modo contrário à Lei.
14 Estando Paulo para falar, disse Gálio aos judeus: Se fosse, com efeito, alguma injustiça ou crime perverso, ó judeus, de razão seria atender-vos;
15 mas se são questões de palavras, de nomes e da vossa Lei, cuidai vós lá disso; eu não quero ser juiz dessas coisas.
16 E fê-los sair do tribunal.
17 Todos pegaram em Sóstenes, chefe da sinagoga, e o espancavam diante do tribunal; e Gálio não se importava com nenhuma destas coisas.
18 Paulo, tendo ficado ali ainda muitos dias, despediu-se dos irmãos e navegou com Priscila e Áqüila para a Síria, depois de haver mandado rapar a cabeça em Cencréia; pois tinha voto.
19 Chegados a Éfeso, deixou-os ali; mas ele, entrando na sinagoga, discutiu com os judeus.
20 Rogando-lhe estes que ficasse mais tempo, não anuiu,
21 mas despediu-se, dizendo: Se Deus permitir, de novo voltarei a vós. Navegou de Éfeso,
22 e, chegando a Cesaréia, depois de subir a Jerusalém e saudar a igreja, desceu a Antioquia.
23 Havendo estado ali algum tempo, saiu, atravessando sucessivamente a região gálata e a Frígia, fortalecendo a todos os discípulos.
24 Chegou a Éfeso um judeu chamado Apolo, natural de Alexandria, homem eloqüente e muito versado nas Escrituras.
25 Era ele instruído no Caminho do Senhor e, sendo fervoroso de espírito, falava e ensinava com precisão as coisas concernentes a Jesus, apesar de conhecer somente o batismo de João;
26 e ele começou a falar ousadamente na sinagoga. Mas quando Priscila e Áqüila o ouviram, levaram-no consigo e expuseram-lhe com mais precisão o Caminho de Deus.
27 Querendo ele passar para a Acaia, os irmãos animaram-no, e escreveram aos discípulos que o recebessem. Tendo ele chegado, auxiliou muito aqueles que pela graça haviam crido;
28 pois com grande poder refutava publicamente os judeus, mostrando pelas Escrituras que Jesus era o Cristo.
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2 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. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 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. 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14 And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. 16 And he drave them from the judgment seat. 17 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.
18 And Paul after this tarried there 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 his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 21 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. 22 And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. 23 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.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 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. 26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. 27 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: 28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.