Acts 18:12-19:10

New American Standard Bible

¹² But while Gallio was ^(A)proconsul of ^(B)Achaia, ^(C)the Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before ^(D)the ^[a]judgment seat, ¹³ saying, “This man is inciting the people to worship God contrary to ^(E)the ^[b]law.” ¹⁴ But when Paul was about to ^(F)open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or vicious, unscrupulous act, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; ¹⁵ but if there are ^[c](G)questions about ^[d]teaching and ^[e]persons and your own law, see to it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters.” ¹⁶ And he drove them away from ^(H)the ^[f]judgment seat. ¹⁷ But they all took hold of ^(I)Sosthenes, ^(J)the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of ^(K)the judgment seat. And yet Gallio was not concerned about any of these things.

¹⁸ Now Paul, when he had remained many days longer, ^(L)took leave of ^(M)the brothers and sisters and sailed away to ^(N)Syria, and ^(O)Priscilla and ^(P)Aquila were with him. ^[g]Paul first ^(Q)had his hair cut at ^(R)Cenchrea, for he was keeping a vow. ¹⁹ They came to ^(S)Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered ^(T)the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. ²⁰ When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, ²¹ but ^(U)took leave of them and said, “I will return to you again ^(V)if God wills,” and he set sail from ^(W)Ephesus.

²² When he had landed in ^(X)Caesarea, he went up to Jerusalem and greeted the church, and went down to ^(Y)Antioch.

Third Missionary Journey

²³ And after spending some time there, he left and passed successively through the ^(Z)Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

²⁴ Now a Jew named ^(AA)Apollos, an ^(AB)Alexandrian by birth, ^[h]an eloquent man, came to ^(AC)Ephesus; and he was proficient in the Scriptures. ²⁵ This man had been instructed in ^(AD)the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with ^(AE)the baptism of John; ²⁶ and ^[i]he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when ^(AF)Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained ^(AG)the way of God more accurately to him. ²⁷ And when he wanted to go across to ^(AH)Achaia, ^(AI)the brothers encouraged him and wrote to ^(AJ)the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly ^[j]helped those who had believed through grace, ²⁸ for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating ^(AK)by the Scriptures that ^(AL)Jesus was the ^[k]Christ.

Paul in Ephesus

19 Now it happened that while ^(AM)Apollos was in ^(AN)Corinth, Paul passed through the ^(AO)upper country and came to ^(AP)Ephesus, and found some disciples. ² He said to them, “^(AQ)Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “On the contrary, ^(AR)we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.” ³ And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “^(AS)Into John’s baptism.” ⁴ Paul said, “^(AT)John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people ^(AU)to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” ⁵ When they heard this, they were ^(AV)baptized ^[l]in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And when Paul had ^(AW)laid hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them and they began ^(AX)speaking with tongues and ^(AY)prophesying. ⁷ There were about twelve men in all.

⁸ And he entered ^(AZ)the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, having discussions and persuading them ^(BA)about the kingdom of God. ⁹ But when ^(BB)some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of ^[m](BC)the Way before the ^[n]people, he withdrew from them and took ^(BD)the disciples away with him, and had discussions daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ This took place for ^(BE)two years, so that all who lived in ^[o](BF)Asia heard ^(BG)the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.