v.1-4
Paul in Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla
v.5-8
Silas & Timothy arrive and the Jews reject Paul
v.9-11
Paul, encouraged in a vision stays in Corinth a year and a half
v.12-17
Jews attack Paul but are rejected by the proconsul
v.18-23
Paul moves on to Ephesus, Jerusalem and back to Antioch and
then Asia Minor
v.24-28
Apollos at Ephesus
v.1-4
Paul in Corinth with Aquila and Priscilla
v.1
After
this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
v.2,3
There
he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently
come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had
ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and because
he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.
v.4
Every
Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews
and Greeks.
[Passage
Synopsis: Moving
on from Athens to Corinth he encounters a couple of tentmakers,
Aquila and Priscilla and stays and works with them which discussing
and possibly preaching in the synagogue.]
v.5-8
Silas & Timothy arrive and the Jews reject Paul
v.5
When
Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively
to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.
v.6
But
when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes
in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads!
I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles
.”
v.7
Then
Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius
Justus, a worshiper of God.
v.8
Crispus,
the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the
Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and
were baptized.
[Passage
Synopsis: A
while later Silas and Timothy, who had stayed back in Berea [17:14],
join him and he carries on seeking to reach the Jews with the
gospel. However, after a while the Jews turn hostile to Paul resulting
in him declaring yet again [see also 13:46] that he will go to
the Gentiles. Nevertheless the synagogue leader and his family
all believe, as did many Corinthians.]
v.9-11
Paul, encouraged in a vision stays in Corinth a year and a half
v.9
One
night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do
not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.
v.10
For
I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because
I have many people in this city.”
v.11
So
Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the
word of God.
[Passage
Synopsis: The
Lord intervenes with a vision and reassures Paul and so he stays
there for a year and a half despite the negative Jews.]
v.12-17
Jews attack Paul but are rejected by the proconsul
v.12
While
Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united
attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment.
v.13
“This
man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in
ways contrary to the law.”
v.14
Just
as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, “If you Jews
were making a complaint about some misdemeanour or serious crime,
it would be reasonable for me to listen to you.
v.15
But
since it involves questions about words and names and your own
law—settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such
things.”
v.16
So
he drove them off.
v.17
Then
the crowd there turned on Sosthenes the synagogue leader and beat
him in front of the proconsul; and Gallio showed no concern whatever.
[Passage
Synopsis: At
some point the Jews of Corinth band together against Paul and
took him to the proconsul but the proconsul tells them to settle
their religious dispute themselves, so they turn on their synagogue
believer who, we saw, had become a believer, and beat him.]
v.18-23
Paul moves on to Ephesus, Jerusalem and back to Antioch and then
Asia Minor
v.18
Paul
stayed on in Corinth for some time. Then he
left the brothers and sisters and sailed for Syria, accompanied
by Priscilla and Aquila. Before he sailed, he had his hair cut
off at Cenchreae because of a vow he had taken.
v.19
They
arrived at Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla
and Aquila. He himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with
the Jews.
v.20
When
they asked him to spend more time with them, he declined.
v.21
But
as he left, he promised, “I will come back if it is God's will.”
Then he set sail from Ephesus.
v.22
When
he landed at Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem
and greeted the church and then went down to Antioch.
[Passage
Synopsis: Paul
travels on, somewhat uneventfully from Corinth to Ephesus to Jerusalem
and back to his home church at Antioch.
END
OF PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY ( 15:41 to 18:22)
Summary
of Paul's Second Missionary Journey:
15:41
From Antioch Paul & Silas (his new partner) went
through Syria and Cilicia
16:1
they came to Derbe
and then to Lystra
•
there joined
by Timothy
16:7
Stopped by the Spirit from entering Bithynia
•
so turn west
16:8,9
At Troas Paul has a vision of being called to
Macedonia
16:12
Travelled to Philippi
•
led Lydia
to the Lord v.14
•
delivers
a clairvoyant slave girl v.18
•
attacked
by owner and beaten on order of the magistrates v.22
•
thrown into
prison v.23, released by earthquake v.26, jailor saved v.34
17:1
Travels to Thessalonica
•
preaches
in synagogue for three weeks v.2-4
•
threatened
by Jews who cause a riot v.5-9
17:10
Escape to Berea
•
taught in synagogue and many come
to the Lord v.10-12
•
Jews from Thessalonica arrive
and agitate against Paul v.13
•
Paul sent by believers to Athens
v.15
17:16
Waits in Athens for the others
•
reasons in synagogue and marketplace
v.17
•
preaches in Areopagus v.22-
18:1
Travelled to Corinth
•
stayed with Aquila and Pricilla
v.3
•
argued in synagogue v.4
•
when Jews became abusive he declared
he would go only to Gentiles v.6
•
many Corinthians believe v.8
•
encouraged by a vision v.9
•
stayed in Corinth a year and a
half v.11
•
Jews attack Paul again v.12
18:19
Travelled to Ephesus
•
argued in synagogue v.19
18:22
Travelled to Jerusalem and back to Antioch
Start
of Paul's Third Missionary Journey: 18:23 – 21:16
v.23
After
spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and travelled
from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia,
strengthening all the disciples.
[Note:
Paul's
Third Missionary Journey, starts from Antioch and first of all
goes back up into Asia Minor.]
v.24-28
Apollos at Ephesus
v.24
Meanwhile
a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus.
He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.
v.25
He
had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and he spoke with
great fervour and taught about Jesus accurately, though he knew
only the baptism of John.
v.26
He
began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila
heard him, they invited him to their home and explained to him
the way of God more adequately.
v.27
When
Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers
and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to
welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who
by grace had believed.
v.28
For
he vigorously refuted his Jewish opponents in public debate, proving
from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.
[Passage
Synopsis: Paul
is not the only teacher around. Apollos is introduced and goes
to Ephesus and meets Priscilla and Aquila. He is a learned Christian
Jew but who had obviously not yet been baptized in the Spirit.
This appears to have been remedied [see below] and he goes to
Achaia preaching Jesus.]
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