1 Paul then left Athens and went to Corinth 2 where he met a Jew named Aquila. Aquila was originally from Pontus, and had just arrived from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius18:2. The Roman Emperor. had ordered all Jews expelled from Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because they were in the same business of tent-making, he stayed with them. 4 He debated in the synagogue every Sabbath, convincing both Jews and Greeks. 5 When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul felt he had to become more direct in what he said, and told the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. 6 When they opposed him and cursed him, he shook out his clothes18:6. A symbolic act declaring innocence. and told them, "Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent of any guilt, and from now on I will go to the foreigners."
7 He left and went to stay with Titius Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue. 8 Crispus, leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. Many of the people of Corinth who heard the message became believers and were baptized.
9 The Lord told Paul in a vision at night: "Don’t be afraid. Speak up, don’t keep quiet— 10 because I am with you, and no one will attack you, for many people in this city are mine." 11 Paul stayed there for eighteen months, teaching the people the word of God.