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

2 E, achando um certo judeu por nome Áqüila, 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 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 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 Áqüila, tendo rapado a cabeça em Cencréia, 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 por mais algum tempo, não conveio nisso.

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

22 E, chegando a Cesaréia, 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 eloqüente 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 Aqüila, 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 After these things he departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. 2 And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them; 3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought; for by their trade they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. 5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out 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 went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. 8 And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. 9 And the Lord said unto 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 harm thee: for I have much people in this city. 11 And he dwelt there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat, 13 saying, This man persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked villany, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: 15 but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; I am not minded to be a judge of these matters. 16 And he drove them from the judgment-seat. 17 And they all laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.

18 And Paul, having tarried after this yet many days, took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila: having shorn his head in Cenchreæ; for he had a vow. 19 And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 And when they asked him to abide a longer time, he consented not; 21 but taking his leave of them, and saying, I will return again unto you if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

22 And when he had landed at Cæsarea, he went up and saluted the church, and went down to Antioch. 23 And having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John: 26 and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he was minded to pass over into Achaia, the brethren encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him: and when he was come, he helped them much that had believed through grace; 28 for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.