"After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There, he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, following a decree of the Emperor Claudius, which ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them, and then stayed and worked with them, because they shared the same trade of tent making. Every Sabbath, he held discussions in the synagogue, trying to convince both Jews and Greeks.
When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was able to give himself wholly to preaching, and proving to the Jews that JESUS was the Messiah. One day, when they opposed him and insulted him, he shook the dust from his clothes in protest, saying, 'Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent, I am not to blame if, from now on, I go to the non-Jews.'
So Paul left there and went to the house of a GOD-fearing man named Titus Justus, who lived next door to the synagogue. A leading man of the synagogue, Crispus, along with his whole household, believed in the LORD. On hearing Paul, many more Corinthians believed and were baptized." - Acts 18:1-8
Paul, Aquila And Priscilla
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| Artefacts Of Corinth |
(Corinth, the main port of Greece and capital of the province of Achaia with 600,000 inhabitants, of whom 400,000 are slaves, is a religious, commercial and cultural center. It has countless temples with thousands of prostitutes serving in them. The city is famous for its luxury and its corruption. Paul goes there and remains eighteen months--until the end of the year 52. This date is exact: history tells us that Gallio was governor of Achaia during the year 52.
Aquila and his wife, Priscilla had just arrived in Corinth. They were perhaps already Christians, but Jewish Christians were not different from others before the decree of the emperor.
Aquila and Priscilla simply place themselves at Paul's service to help him. They will assist him on other occasions with the natural availability of people who do not feel tied to any city or country.)
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