HANDELINGE 18

Paulus ontmoet Priscilla en Akwila, en verkondig die Goeie Nuus in Korinte

1 Paulus het Atene verlaat en Korinte toe gegaan.2 Daar het hy Akwila ontmoet, 'n Jood wat in Pontus gebore is. Hy het kort tevore saam met sy vrou, Priscilla, uit Italië daar aangekom. Hulle is uit Italië weg omdat keiser Claudius beveel het dat alle Jode Rome moes verlaat. Paulus het hulle gaan opsoek.

3 Hy het by hulle ingetrek en saam met hulle gewerk, want hulle was tentmakers net soos hy.
4 Elke Sabbatdag het hy in die sinagoge met die mense geredeneer en sowel Jode as Grieke probeer oortuig.

5 Nadat Silas en Timoteus van Masedonië af aangekom het, het Paulus al sy aandag bestee aan die prediking om die Jode daarvan te oortuig dat Jesus die Messias is.

6 Toe hierdie Jode hom egter aanhou teenstaan en beledig, het hy die stof van sy klere afgeskud en vir hulle gesê: "Julle bloed is op julle eie kop. Ek is onskuldig. Van nou af spits ek my toe op die nie-Jode."
7 Hy is toe daar uit, en het na die huis reg langs die sinagoge gegaan. Dit het behoort aan Titius Justus, 'n nie-Jood wat die ware God aanbid het.

8 Krispus, die hoof van die sinagoge, en sy hele huishouding het tot geloof in die Here gekom. Ook baie Korintiërs het in reaksie op die boodskap gelowig geword en is gedoop.
9 Een nag het die Here deur 'n visioen vir Paulus gesê: "Moenie bang wees nie; hou aan met preek en moenie begin stilbly nie,10 want Ék is by jou. Niemand sal 'n hand op jou lê om iets slegs aan jou te doen nie, want in hierdie stad behoort baie mense aan My."

11 Paulus het die stad vir 'n jaar en ses maande lank sy basis gemaak en die mense onderrig in die woord van God.
12 Toe Gallio egter goewerneur van Agaje geword het, het sommige Jode 'n verenigde front teen Paulus gevorm en hom voor die hof gedaag.13 Hulle het Paulus daarvan aangekla dat hy die mense "probeer oorhaal om God op maniere te vereer wat teen die wet is".14 Net toe Paulus homself wou begin verdedig, sê Gallio vir die Jode: "As dit oor 'n onreg of 'n ernstige misdaad gegaan het, Jode, sou ek julle klag aangehoor het.

15 Maar aangesien dit 'n twis is oor 'n boodskap en name en oor julle eie wet, moet julle self daaraan aandag gee. In sulke sake wil ek nie regter wees nie."
16 Hy het die hof toe verdaag.

17 Die klaers het toe almal vir Sostenes, die hoof van die sinagoge, gegryp en hom net daar voor die regbank aangerand. Gallio het hom egter aan niks hiervan gesteur nie.

Paulus keer terug na sy tuisbasis in Antiogië

18 Paulus het nog etlike dae in Korinte gebly, en toe van die gelowiges afskeid geneem. Hy het Sirië toe weggevaar, en Priscilla en Akwila is saam met hom. (In Kengreë het hy sy hare laat skeer omdat hy 'n gelofte gedoen het.)19 By hulle aankoms in Efese het Paulus sy reisgenote by die hawe gelos en self die sinagoge besoek. Daar het hy met die Jode geredeneer.20 Hulle het hom gevra om langer te bly, maar hy wou nie.21 Toe hy vertrek, het hy gesê: "Ek kom na julle toe terug, as God wil." Hy het toe van Efese af weggevaar

22 en in Sesarea aan land gegaan. Daarvandaan het hy opgegaan en die gemeente in Jerusalem gaan groet, en toe Antiogië toe vertrek.

23 Na hy 'n tyd lank in Antiogië gebly het, het hy weer vertrek. Hy het deur die landstreke Galasië en Frigië gereis, en oral die gelowiges geestelik versterk.

Die welsprekende Apollos preek in Efese

24 Intussen het Apollos, 'n Jood wat in Aleksandrië gebore is, in Efese aangekom. Hy was 'n begaafde spreker en goed met skrifuitleg.25 Hy het in "Die Pad van die Here" onderrig ontvang en het met brandende geesdrif gepraat en ander noukeurig geleer van Jesus. Hy het egter net die doop van Johannes geken.

26 Hy het self met vrymoedigheid in die sinagoge begin preek. Toe Priscilla en Akwila hom hoor, het hulle hom eenkant gevat en vir hom "Die Pad van God" nog duideliker uiteengesit.
27 Toe Apollos na Agaje toe wou gaan, het die gelowiges hom aangemoedig. Hulle het vir die gelowiges in Agaje geskryf dat hulle hom moet ontvang. Daar aangekom, het hy baie beteken vir dié wat deur die genade van God gelowig geword het,

28 want hy het die Jode in die openbaar kragtig weerlê en met die Skrif bewys dat Jesus die Messias is.

ACTS 18

Paul in Corinth

1 Paul left Athens and went to Corinth, 2 where he met Aquila, a Jewish man from Pontus. Not long before this, Aquila had come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Emperor Claudius had ordered the Jewish people to leave Rome.t Paul went to see Aquila and Priscilla

3 and found out they were tent makers. Paul was also a tent maker, so he stayed with them, and they worked together.
4 Every Sabbath, Paul went to the synagogue. He spoke to Jews and Gentilest and tried to win them over. 5 But after Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, he spent all his time preaching to the Jews about Jesus the Messiah.

6 Finally, they turned against him and insulted him. So he shook the dust from his clothest and told them, “Whatever happens to you will be your own fault! I am not to blame. From now on I am going to preach to the Gentiles.”
7 Paul then moved into the house of a man named Titius Justus, who worshiped God and lived next door to the synagogue.

8 Crispus was the leader of the synagogue. He and everyone in his family put their faith in the Lord. Many others in Corinth also heard the message, and all the people who had faith in the Lord were baptized.
9 One night, Paul had a vision, and in it the Lord said, “Don't be afraid to keep on preaching. Don't stop! 10 I am with you, and you won't be harmed. Many people in this city belong to me.”

11 Paul stayed on in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching God's message to the people.
12 While Gallio was governor of Achaia, some of the Jewish leaders got together and grabbed Paul. They brought him into court

13 and said, “This man is trying to make our people worship God in a way that is against our Law!”
14 Even before Paul could speak, Gallio said, “If you were charging this man with a crime or some other wrong, I would have to listen to you. 15 But since this concerns only words, names, and your own law, you will have to take care of it yourselves. I refuse to judge such matters.” 16 Then he sent them out of the court.

17 The crowd grabbed Sosthenes, the Jewish leader, and beat him up in front of the court. But none of this mattered to Gallio.

Paul Returns to //Antioch in Syria

18  t After Paul had stayed for a while with the Lord's followers in Corinth, he told them goodbye and sailed on to Syria with Aquila and Priscilla. But before he left, he had his head shavedt at Cenchreae because he had made a promise to God.
19 The three of them arrived in Ephesus, where Paul left Priscilla and Aquila. He then went into the synagogue to talk with the people there. 20 They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

21 He told them goodbye and said, “If God lets me, I will come back.”
22 Paul sailed to Caesarea, where he greeted the church. Then he went on to Antioch.

23 After staying there for a while, he left and visited several places in Galatia and Phrygia. He helped the followers there to become stronger in their faith.

Apollos in Ephesus

25 He also knew much about the Lord's Way, t and he spoke about it with great excitement. What he taught about Jesus was right, but all he knew was John's message about baptism.

26 Apollos started speaking bravely in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him to their home and helped him understand God's Way even better.
27 Apollos decided to travel through Achaia. So the Lord's followers wrote letters, encouraging the followers there to welcome him. After Apollos arrived in Achaia, he was a great help to everyone who had put their faith in the Lord Jesus because of God's gift of undeserved grace. 28 He got into fierce arguments with the Jewish people, and in public he used the Scriptures to prove that Jesus is the Messiah.