أَعْمَالُ ٱلرُّسُلِ 18

في كورنثوس

1 وَبَعْدَ هَذَا مَضَى بُولُسُ مِنْ أَثِينَا وَجَاءَ إِلَى كُورِنْثُوسَ، 2 فَوَجَدَ يَهُودِيًّا ٱسْمُهُ أَكِيلَا، بُنْطِيَّ ٱلْجِنْسِ، كَانَ قَدْ جَاءَ حَدِيثًا مِنْ إِيطَالِيَةَ، وَبِرِيسْكِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُ، لِأَنَّ كُلُودِيُوسَ كَانَ قَدْ أَمَرَ أَنْ يَمْضِيَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْيَهُودِ مِنْ رُومِيَةَ، فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِمَا. 3 وَلِكَوْنِهِ مِنْ صِنَاعَتِهِمَا أَقَامَ عِنْدَهُمَا وَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ، لِأَنَّهُمَا كَانَا فِي صِنَاعَتِهِمَا خِيَامِيَّيْنِ. 4 وَكَانَ يُحَاجُّ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ كُلَّ سَبْتٍ وَيُقْنِعُ يَهُودًا وَيُونَانِيِّينَ. 5 وَلَمَّا ٱنْحَدَرَ سِيلَا وَتِيمُوثَاوُسُ مِنْ مَكِدُونِيَّةَ، كَانَ بُولُسُ مُنْحَصِرًا بِٱلرُّوحِ وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ لِلْيَهُودِ بِٱلْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ. 6 وَإِذْ كَانُوا يُقَاوِمُونَ وَيُجَدِّفُونَ نَفَضَ ثِيَابَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «دَمُكُمْ عَلَى رُؤُوسِكُمْ! أَنَا بَرِيءٌ. مِنَ ٱلْآنَ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْأُمَمِ». 7 فَٱنْتَقَلَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى بَيْتِ رَجُلٍ ٱسْمُهُ يُوسْتُسُ، كَانَ مُتَعَبِّدًا لِلهِ، وَكَانَ بَيْتُهُ مُلَاصِقًا لِلْمَجْمَعِ.

8 وَكِرِيسْبُسُ رَئِيسُ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ آمَنَ بِٱلرَّبِّ مَعَ جَمِيعِ بَيْتِهِ، وَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْكُورِنْثِيِّينَ إِذْ سَمِعُوا آمَنُوا وَٱعْتَمَدُوا.
9 فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِبُولُسَ بِرُؤْيَا فيِ ٱللَّيْلِ: «لَا تَخَفْ، بَلْ تَكَلَّمْ وَلَا تَسْكُتْ، 10 لِأَنِّي أَنَا مَعَكَ، وَلَا يَقَعُ بِكَ أَحَدٌ لِيُؤْذِيَكَ، لِأَنَّ لِي شَعْبًا كَثِيرًا فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ».

11 فَأَقَامَ سَنَةً وَسِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ يُعَلِّمُ بَيْنَهُمْ بِكَلِمَةِ ٱللهِ.
12 وَلَمَّا كَانَ غَالِيُونُ يَتَوَلَّى أَخَائِيَةَ، قَامَ ٱلْيَهُودُ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَى بُولُسَ، وَأَتَوْا بِهِ إِلَى كُرْسِيِّ ٱلْوِلَايَةِ 13 قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّ هَذَا يَسْتَمِيلُ ٱلنَّاسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوا ٱللهَ بِخِلَافِ ٱلنَّامُوسِ». 14 وَإِذْ كَانَ بُولُسُ مُزْمِعًا أَنْ يَفْتَحَ فَاهُ قَالَ غَالِيُونُ لِلْيَهُودِ: «لَوْ كَانَ ظُلْمًا أَوْ خُبْثًا رَدِيًّا أَيُّهَا ٱلْيَهُودُ، لَكُنْتُ بِٱلْحَقِّ قَدِ ٱحْتَمَلْتُكُمْ. 15 وَلَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ مَسْأَلَةً عَنْ كَلِمَةٍ، وَأَسْمَاءٍ، وَنَامُوسِكُمْ، فَتُبْصِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ. لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ أَشَاءُ أَنْ أَكُونَ قَاضِيًا لِهَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ». 16 فَطَرَدَهُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ.

17 فَأَخَذَ جَمِيعُ ٱلْيُونَانِيِّينَ سُوسْتَانِيسَ رَئِيسَ ٱلْمَجْمَعِ، وَضَرَبُوهُ قُدَّامَ ٱلْكُرْسِيِّ، وَلَمْ يَهُمَّ غَالِيُونَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.

بريسكلا وأكيلا وأبلوس

23 وَبَعْدَمَا صَرَفَ زَمَانًا خَرَجَ وَٱجْتَازَ بِٱلتَّتَابُعِ فِي كُورَةِ غَلَاطِيَّةَ وَفِرِيجِيَّةَ يُشَدِّدُ جَمِيعَ ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ.
24 ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَى أَفَسُسَ يَهُودِيٌّ ٱسْمُهُ أَبُلُّوسُ، إِسْكَنْدَرِيُّ ٱلْجِنْسِ، رَجُلٌ فَصِيحٌ مُقْتَدِرٌ فِي ٱلْكُتُبِ. 25 كَانَ هَذَا خَبِيرًا فِي طَرِيقِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَكَانَ وَهُوَ حَارٌّ بِٱلرُّوحِ يَتَكَلَّمُ وَيُعَلِّمُ بِتَدْقِيقٍ مَا يَخْتَصُّ بِٱلرَّبِّ. عَارِفًا مَعْمُودِيَّةَ يُوحَنَّا فَقَطْ. 26 وَٱبْتَدَأَ هَذَا يُجَاهِرُ فِي ٱلْمَجْمَعِ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهُ أَكِيلَا وَبِرِيسْكِلَّا أَخَذَاهُ إِلَيْهِمَا، وَشَرَحَا لَهُ طَرِيقَ ٱلرَّبِّ بِأَكْثَرِ تَدْقِيقٍ. 27 وَإِذْ كَانَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْتَازَ إِلَى أَخَائِيَةَ، كَتَبَ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ إِلَى ٱلتَّلَامِيذِ يَحُضُّونَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْبَلُوهُ. فَلَمَّا جَاءَ سَاعَدَ كَثِيرًا بِٱلنِّعْمَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا قَدْ آمَنُوا، 28 لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ بِٱشْتِدَادٍ يُفْحِمُ ٱلْيَهُودَ جَهْرًا، مُبَيِّنًا بِٱلْكُتُبِ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ.

Acts 18

Paul at Corinth

1 After thist Pault departed fromt Athenss and went to Corinth.ss2 There het foundt a Jew named Aquila,s a native of Pontus,s who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudiuss had ordered all the Jews to depart fromt Rome.s Paul approachedt them,3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with themt (for they were tentmakerst by trade).s

4 He addressedt both Jews and Greeks in the synagogues every Sabbath, attempting to persuadet them.
5 Now when Silas and Timothy arrivedt from Macedonia,s Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaimingt the word, testifyingt to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.ts6 When they opposed himt and reviled him,t he protested by shaking out his clothests and said to them, “Your bloods be on your own heads! I am guiltless!t From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”7 Then Pault leftt the synagoguet and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God,ts whose house was next door to the synagogue.8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue,t believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about itt believed and were baptized.9 The Lord said to Paul by a visions in the night,t “Do not be afraid,t but speak and do not be silent,10 because I am with you, and no one will assaultt you to harmt you, because I have many people in this city.”

11 So he stayed theret a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.t

Paul Before the Proconsul Gallio

12 Now while Gallios was proconsuls of Achaia,s the Jews attacked Paul togethert and brought him before the judgment seat,ts13 saying, “This man is persuadingt people to worship God in a way contrary tot the law!”14 But just as Paul was about to speak,t Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy,t I would have been justified in accepting the complaintt of you Jews,t15 but since it concerns points of disagreementt about words and names and your own law, settlet it yourselves. I will not bet a judge of these things!”16 Then he had them forced awayt from the judgment seat.s

17 So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue,ts and began to beatt him in front of the judgment seat.s Yet none of these things were of any concernts to Gallio.

Paul Returns to Antioch in Syria

18 Paul, after stayingt many more days in Corinth,s said farewell tot the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied byt Priscilla and Aquila.s Het had his hair cut offt at Cenchreats because he had made a vow.s19 When they reached Ephesus,ss Pault left Priscilla and Aquilat behind there, but he himself wentt into the synagogues and addressedt the Jews.20 When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent,s21 but said farewell tot them and added,t “I will come backt to you again if God wills.”t Thent he set sail from Ephesus,22 and when he arrivedt at Caesarea,ss he went up and greetedt the church at Jerusalemts and then went down to Antioch.ss

23 After he spentt some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatias and Phrygia,s strengthening all the disciples.

Apollos Begins His Ministry

24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus.s He was an eloquent speaker,t well-versedt in the scriptures.25 He had been instructed int the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasmt he spoke and taught accurately the factst about Jesus, although he knewt only the baptism of John.26 He began to speak out fearlesslyt in the synagogue,s but when Priscilla and Aquilas heard him, they took him asidet and explained the way of God to him more accurately.27 When Apollost wanted to cross over to Achaia,s the brothers encouragedt himt and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, het assisted greatly those who had believed by grace,

28 for he refuted the Jews vigorouslyt in public debate,t demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christts was Jesus.t