1 En daarna het Paulus uit Ath,ne vertrek en in Korinthe gekom.

2 En hy het 'n Jood gevind met die naam van Aquila, afkomstig uit Pontus, wat onlangs met sy vrou Prisc¡lla van Italië gekom het, omdat Claudius beveel het dat al die Jode uit Rome moes vertrek. Na hulle toe het hy gegaan;

3 en omdat hy van dieselfde ambag was, het hy by hulle gebly en gewerk, want hulle was tentmakers van ambag.

4 En hy het elke sabbat in die sinagoge gespreek en Jode sowel as Grieke oortuig.

5 En toe Silas en Timothes van Macedonië afgekom het, was Paulus ywerig besig om aan die Jode kragtig te betuig dat Jesus die Christus is.

6 Maar toe hulle aanhou om teëstand te bied en godslasterlike dinge te spreek, het hy sy klere uitgeskud en vir hulle gesê: Julle bloed is op julle hoof. Ek is rein. Van nou af sal ek na die heidene gaan.

7 En hy het daarvandaan weggegaan en in die huis gekom van iemand met die naam van Justus, wat 'n godvresende man was, wie se huis naasaan die sinagoge gestaan het.

8 En Crispus, die hoof van die sinagoge, het met sy hele huisgesin in die Here geglo; en ook baie van die Korinthiërs het, toe hulle hom hoor, gelowig geword en is gedoop.

9 En die Here het deur 'n gesig in die nag aan Paulus gesê: Wees nie bevrees nie, maar spreek en moenie swyg nie;

10 want Ek is met jou, en niemand sal die hand aan jou slaan om jou kwaad aan te doen nie, want Ek het baie mense in hierdie stad.

11 En hy het daar gebly 'n jaar en ses maande lank en die woord van God onder hulle geleer.

12 En toe G llio goewerneur van Ach je was, het die Jode eenparig teen Paulus opgestaan en hom voor die regterstoel gebring

13 en gesê: Hierdie man haal die mense oor om God op onwettige wyse te vereer.

14 En toe Paulus sy mond wou oopmaak, sê G llio vir die Jode: As daar nou enige oortreding of kwaadwillige skelmstuk was, dan sou ek rede hê om julle te verdra, o Jode;

15 maar as dit 'n geskil is oor 'n woord en oor name en oor 'n wet wat vir julle geld, moet julle toesien, want daaroor wil ek geen regter wees nie.

16 En hy het hulle van die regterstoel weggedryf.

17 En al die Grieke het Sosthenes, die hoof van die sinagoge, gegryp en hom voor die regterstoel geslaan; en G llio het hom aan niks van hierdie dinge gesteur nie.

18 En nadat Paulus nog verskeie dae daar gebly het, het hy van die broeders afskeid geneem en na S¡rië uitgeseil, en saam met hom Prisc¡lla en Aquila. En in Kenchr,ë het hy sy hoof geskeer, want hy het 'n gelofte gedoen.

19 En hy het in fese aangekom en hulle daar laat bly, maar self in die sinagoge gegaan en met die Jode gespreek.

20 En toe hulle versoek dat hy langer by hulle moes vertoef, het hy nie toegestem nie,

21 maar van hulle afskeid geneem en gesê: Ek moet sekerlik die komende fees in Jerusalem vier, maar ek sal weer na julle terugkom as God wil. En hy het van fese afgevaar.

22 En toe hy in Cesar,a gekom het en opgegaan en die gemeente gegroet het, het hy afgereis na Antioch¡ë.

23 En nadat hy 'n tyd lank vertoef het, het hy vertrek en agtereenvolgens die land Gal sië en Fr¡gië deurgereis en al die dissipels versterk.

24 En 'n sekere Jood met die naam van Apollos, wat in Alexandr¡ë gebore was, 'n welsprekende man, het in fese aangekom; en hy was magtig in die Skrifte.

25 Hy het onderrig ontvang in die weg van die Here; en vurig van gees, het hy gespreek en die dinge aangaande die Here noukeurig geleer, alhoewel hy net van die doop van Johannes geweet het.

26 En hy het vrymoediglik in die sinagoge begin spreek; maar nadat Aquila en Prisc¡lla hom gehoor het, het hulle hom by hulle geneem en hom noukeuriger die weg van God uitgelê.

27 En toe hy wou deurgaan na Ach je, het die broeders hom aangemoedig en aan die dissipels geskrywe om hom te ontvang. En daar aangekom, was hy deur die genade die gelowiges tot veel nut;

28 want hy het die Jode kragtig in die openbaar weerlê en deur die Skrifte bewys dat Jesus die Christus is.

1 After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

2 And there he came across a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by birth, who not long before had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had given orders that all Jews were to go away from Rome: and he came to them;

3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

4 And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

6 And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

7 And moving from there, he went into the house of a man named Titus Justus, a God-fearing man, whose house was very near the Synagogue.

8 And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

11 And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

12 But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,

13 Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

14 But when Paul was about to say something, Gallio said to the Jews, If this was anything to do with wrongdoing or crime, there would be a reason for me to give you a hearing:

15 But if it is a question of words or names or of your law, see to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of such things.

16 And he sent them away from the judge's seat.

17 And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.

18 And Paul, after waiting some days, went away from the brothers and went by ship to Syria, Priscilla and Aquila being with him; and he had had his hair cut off in Cenchrea, for he had taken an oath.

19 And they came down to Ephesus and he left them there: and he himself went into the Synagogue and had a discussion with the Jews.

20 And being requested by them to be there for a longer time, he said, No;

21 And went from them, saying, I will come back to you if God lets me; and he took ship from Ephesus.

22 And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.

23 And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, and a man of learning, came to Ephesus; and he had great knowledge of the holy Writings.

25 This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:

26 And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.

27 And when he had a desire to go over into Achaia, the brothers gave him help, and sent letters to the disciples requesting them to take him in among them: and when he had come, he gave much help to those who had faith through grace:

28 For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.